It’s widely known that ‘Dungeons & Dragons,’ created by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, was the successor of Gygax and Jeff Perren’s earlier work titled ‘Chainmail.’ But this week an interesting find was shared by wargame historian Jon Peterson over on his blog, ‘Playing at the World,’ and it’s definitely a bit of disruptive news…
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Dungeons & Dragons is back in the news, what with it being 40 years old (Happy Birthday, D&D!) and the release of the new Starter Set. Hopefully this means lots and lots of new players and new fans. There’s a lot of history when it comes to D&D, however, and anyone discovering it for the first time might also be interested in its history.
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Father’s Day is just around the corner and we’ve got some gift ideas to make sure the holiday for dads is anything but a dud.
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When exactly is the 40th anniversary of D&D? When was the game first available to play? The answer is more complicated that you’d think.
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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 ReadingThere aren’t many comprehensive and in-depth books that chart the vast and complex history of tabletop role-playing and simulation games. Weighing in at a colossal 720 pages, and more than five years in the making, a new book was published …
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