D&D Throughout History

[The Grumpy Celt]

It is worth noting that Confederate General Robert E. Lee had planned an invasion of the North. However, written specifics on those plans found their way into Union hands. As did Lee's extensive notes on an entirely new campeign setting, d20 Modern.

(Yah bunch ah Yankee dawgs!)

 

[JimAde]

1600: DM William Shakespeare's notes for a convention scenario are misfiled and sent to a printer, emerging as the Quarto edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

 

[elrobey]

Christmas Day, A.D. 1: Monte Cook is born.

;-)

 

[Prince Atom]

ca. 1390 CE: The peasants of England march on London in protest of King Richard II's LARP game, in which he tried to involve all of his subjects. Their main grievance is that, despite being the most important class in the game, they are given short shrift in terms of stats and abilities. Richard and his knights proceed to demonstrate why they assigned their peasants a d4 Hit Die and poor attack and save bonuses. Afterward, Richard assigns all the experience to himself, provoking several of his dukes to rebel in turn ("Sire, I was 300 points from 12th level!").

TWK

 

[fredramsey]

1913 - Famed science fiction writer H.G. Wells published "Little Wars", widely acknowledged as the first set of miniature wargames rules.

Oops, that's not funny - it's true...

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

Christmas Day, A.D. 1: Monte Cook is born.

;-)

Hay hay now, don't get carried away.

Everyone knows that is Gygax's birthday.

 

[diaglo]

Hay hay now, don't get carried away.

Everyone knows that is Gygax's birthday.

not if you ask fredramsey.

i think i can find the post where he says he is JC.

 

[fredramsey]

not if you ask fredramsey.

i think i can find the post where he says he is JC.

Please do.

I personally have much more respect for Arneson.

But I'm glad I picked up a fan.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

3000 BC. God floods the world in the first "realms shaking event". Most players are pissed.

1500 BC. God designs his advanced rules. They're published by Moses Press in Limited Stone Table Edition and are called "The 10 Commandments". They are the very first incident of "table rules" and later roleplaying games are also filled with tables.

ca 12 A.D. Jesus is praised by his Stepfather Joseph, who's DM'ing, when his cleric casts resurrect on a simple bird.
ca 20 A.D. Jesus tells his disciples about how his wizard used the Water Walk spell.

 

[ThoughtfulOwl]

Easter Day, 1722 A.D.
Dutch navigator Jakob Roggeveen discovers the site of a massive Chainmail convention; leftovers included the discarded heads of several massive miniatures. The site was thereafter called Easter Island...