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Jon Peterson had come up with, to me, the best date for the birth of D&D and so with him I too celebrate this day.
In celebration he's posted a great article about something from the very early days, devious dungeon layouts, from 1974 and the pen (pencil?) of Alistair MacIntyre.
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In celebration he's posted a great article about something from the very early days, devious dungeon layouts, from 1974 and the pen (pencil?) of Alistair MacIntyre.
Alistair MacIntyre had long run "Operation Contact" for the International Federation of Wargaming, so he knew everyone and viewed the release of D&D with some interest -- though he confessed, "I don't have the time or knowledge of fantasy to participate in your underground adventures." He was however "fascinated by the dungeon mazes," and came up with a number of devious dungeon layouts that he photocopied and shared directly with Gary Gygax and others that summer of 1974.
Alistair MacIntyre's 1974 Dungeon Designs
As another anniversary of the birth of Dungeons & Dragons passes, let's look back 48 years to the heady days of 1974, when the idea of dun...
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