How Important Are Rules?
How many or how few rules make for good game play? We want certain rules in certain games to be rock-solid and unmovable. In other games, perhaps there’s some wiggle-room.
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Tag: Dave Arneson
Has the Earliest Version of D&D Been Discovered?
Followers of gaming history care passionately about who truly created D&D. Now, some of that mystery of where or who, exactly, D&D came from has now become a little less fuzzy.
Continue ReadingD&D Documentary to Explore ‘the Most Influential Game in History’
How did its shock waves roll into the realm of video games, influencing a generation of computer programmers who would come to rule Silicon Valley? How did the game, which has now earned the praises of writers, actors, musicians, and …
Continue ReadingExclusive: Auction Preview of D&D Co-Creator’s Personal Collection and Archives (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
His original gaming dice. His original Dungeons & Dragons and Blackmoor campaign manuscripts. His first printing, woodgrain boxed set play copy of D&D. Letters from Gary Gygax. Other letters, notes, documents, artwork, photos, cartography, rare wargames and hand-made models and …
Continue ReadingGeekDad Exclusive: Auction Preview of D&D Co-Creator’s Personal Collection and Archives — Game’s Secrets to Be Revealed
His original gaming dice. His original Dungeons & Dragons and Blackmoor campaign manuscripts. His first printing, woodgrain boxed set play copy of D&D. Letters from Gary Gygax. Other letters, notes, documents, artwork, photos, cartography, rare wargames and hand-made models and …
Continue ReadingDave Who? Arneson Gameday Celebrates Other D&D Creator (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
You probably know Gary Gygax was one of the masterminds behind Dungeons & Dragons. But what about his collaborator? Can you even name him? “Fantasy role-playing games essentially begin with Dave Arneson’s Blackmoor campaign,” says Tavis Allison, organizer of the …
Continue ReadingDave Who? Arneson Gameday Celebrates Other D&D Creator
You probably know Gary Gygax was one of the masterminds behind Dungeons & Dragons. But what about his collaborator? Can you even name him? “Fantasy role-playing games essentially begin with Dave Arneson’s Blackmoor campaign,” says Tavis Allison, organizer of the …
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