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    D&D General Evidence from the Arneson vs Gygax court case, including early draft of D&D with notes

    Never in my life have I heard this. What dunce would think only males could play fighters or a "Fighting-man"? There were women among both Arneson and Gygax's playtesters and they weren't always playing MUs. Pardon my bluntness but I found that statement astounding.
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    D&D General Evidence from the Arneson vs Gygax court case, including early draft of D&D with notes

    No the larger hand is Arneson's and the really squiggly one is Dave Megarry (Dungeon Boardgame) who was taking notes dictated by Arneson as he read through.
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    D&D 5E 5e Oerth − the planet of Blackmoor and Greyhawk

    Well, you put a lot of work in this and I'm sure you had fun. I feel like I might be bursting a bubble but, all Gygax ever said about the Flanaess was that it "corresponds" to North America on Oerth. In other words it is the northern continent in the western hemisphere of Oerth just as North...
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    TSR The Dueling Essays of Arneson & Gygax

    Daniel Wagoner, actually. Switzer as the one who made the phone call. You can read about it Here on ODD74
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    TSR The Dueling Essays of Arneson & Gygax

    David Megarry does not claim to have invented the thief character class. He says he played the first thief character. You are conflating two different things and it is going to simply confuse any uniformed readers. In the Blackmoor campaign, the players took on roles. They could be a wizard...
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    TSR The Dueling Essays of Arneson & Gygax

    No they didn't. Arnesons group originated fantasy role play gaming in the United States. True. Mrs. Gaylord did type manuscripts of some of their various games, including retyping a draft of D&D by Gygax which incorporated some of their notes. It would be accurate to say "they invented the...
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    Everybody has Spring Attack

    This is nonsensical. I'm not a playtester, so I'm informed only by RL and the rules systems I'm familiar with. Unless a player is hasted, "spring attack" should never be possible. In the TSR era D&D rules of various stripes, once the character jumped in to "melee range" (10 feet) of an...
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    Zero Edition Dungeoneering

    It occurs to me that many newer players may be developing a curiosity about the roots of D&D with all the "old school" talk surrounding D&D Next, and would probably like to know about my Champions of ZED kickstarter project...
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    Champions of ZED Kickstarter ends tonight!

    Fair warning. Today is your last chance to get in on the groundfloor of Champions of ZED - Zero Edition Dungeoneering! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/280000504/champions-of-zed-zero-edition-dungeoneering
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    Jaquays art prints

    The one and only Jennell Jaquays is offering to create a custom fantasy drawing according to your instructions and provide you with 3 framed, high resolution prints on good quality paper stock, autographed as signed, numbered, limited edition prints. In addition your drawing will be featured as...
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    Champions of ZED: Zero Edition Dungeoneering

    Champions of Zero Edition Dungeoneering has achieved it's finding goal! We are now offering a CoZ adventure in PDF written by game designer Gerald D. Seypura (Crossbones(TM), Wild West(TM)) as a stretch goal reward. Please come look at our Kickstarter page and consider becoming a patron of...
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    TSR Example from the worst TSR adventure module(s) ever published

    Hidden in Shadows: % in Lair
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    Champions of ZED: Zero Edition Dungeoneering

    Over 100 backers now and 80% funded. If you have been sitting on the fence now is the time to sign up and push CoZ to the finish line!
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    Dave Arneson's Personal RPG Collection For Auction

    There is indeed an up and running non-profit museum/archive dedicated to the collection and preservation of early RPG material. The Aethervox Gamers collection At the moment it's heavily EPT focused and still cataloging MAR Barkers donations, but it is a legitimate repository for any RPG...
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    Champions of ZED: Zero Edition Dungeoneering

    Champions of ZED 35% funded. Were on our way!
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    Champions of ZED: Zero Edition Dungeoneering

    Well, I've been posting about the mss on my blog and I'll just refer to answer your question about how it came to me http://boggswood.blogspot.com/2012/05/beyond-this-point-be-dragons-d.html The physical manuscript is in private hands. There are rumored to be other copies among associates of...
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    Champions of ZED: Zero Edition Dungeoneering

    Champions of ZED is the first and only comprehensive Sandbox edition of the world’s first fantasy RolePlaying game! Champions of ZED weaves together the scattered rules and intentions of original game authors Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax, including revisions drawn from the long lost Beyond This...
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    (Mongoose) Designers & Dragons - The History of the RPG Industry

    Interesting. RPG.net is a great site. I can't speak to the accuracy of the rest of the book, only what is shown in the preview, however its really inexcuasable. It is also baffling that there are no references for the assertions. Even fantasy histories (of middle earth for ex) are usually...
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    (Mongoose) Designers & Dragons - The History of the RPG Industry

    I wrote this "live" as I read the 7 page preview for this book. I'm reading the review now. The spelled Dave Wesely's name wrong. That's setting off alarm bells; very loud alarm bells. My second concern is; who is Shannon Appelcline and what are (her?) credentials? Wow, I'm seeing more...
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    The Book of Elder Magic

    Not you, bad link. Fixed it. Should be okay now, but you can also reach the book from my Fastspring store page which is here http://sites.fastspring.com/apriorcrs/product/product_catalog
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