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The First Person To Ever Play A Wizard: A Short Clip
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<blockquote data-quote="darjr" data-source="post: 7704163" data-attributes="member: 52905"><p>This is a short interview clip with the first player of a wizard in an RPG, posted by David Megarry. Peter Gaylord played in Dave Arneson's Blackmoor campaign as the Wizard of the Wood in the early 1970s. Peter passed away earlier this year, aged 73. This was before D&D; Blackmoor was Dave Arneson's campaign setting, and was initially a wargaming setting and then part of what evolved into D&D.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[video=youtube;qnY_2qC1L34]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnY_2qC1L34[/video]</p><p></p><p></p><p>[HQ]"There has been a lot of demand for more information about Secrets of Blackmoor, as well as a desire to see more footage. Film making is a long process. Until a film is finished, all you have is masses of footage. We really appreciate all of the supportive messages people have sent and we want to thank you for your interest in this project. </p><p></p><p>This week, we've taken a small amount of time away from working on the movie and clipped together a brief segment from Pete Gaylord's interview.</p><p></p><p>Pete Gaylord was part of Dave Arneson's gaming group. He played one of the more famous characters in Arneson's Blackmoor games: The Wizard of the Wood.</p><p></p><p>Just as there is a first dungeon master, there is a first wizard.</p><p></p><p>Pete is the first person to ever be a wizard in a role playing game. His input as a player in Blackmoor is largely undocumented, yet without a player who wanted to be a wizard, Arneson would not have been forced to adapt his game to include magic spells. His story really is one of the secrets of blackmoor. </p><p></p><p>We hope you enjoy seeing Pete explain a little bit about his role in the creation of Blackmoor. This interview is very special to us. Pete is missed by everyone who knows him. His legacy is immortalized any time a D&D player decides to be a magic user."[/HQ]</p><p></p><p>Harvard's Blackmoor Blog <a href="http://blackmoormystara.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/legendary-characters-wizard-of-wood.html" target="_blank">wrote about the Wizard of the Wood here</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="darjr, post: 7704163, member: 52905"] This is a short interview clip with the first player of a wizard in an RPG, posted by David Megarry. Peter Gaylord played in Dave Arneson's Blackmoor campaign as the Wizard of the Wood in the early 1970s. Peter passed away earlier this year, aged 73. This was before D&D; Blackmoor was Dave Arneson's campaign setting, and was initially a wargaming setting and then part of what evolved into D&D.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] [CENTER][video=youtube;qnY_2qC1L34]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnY_2qC1L34[/video][/CENTER] [HQ]"There has been a lot of demand for more information about Secrets of Blackmoor, as well as a desire to see more footage. Film making is a long process. Until a film is finished, all you have is masses of footage. We really appreciate all of the supportive messages people have sent and we want to thank you for your interest in this project. This week, we've taken a small amount of time away from working on the movie and clipped together a brief segment from Pete Gaylord's interview. Pete Gaylord was part of Dave Arneson's gaming group. He played one of the more famous characters in Arneson's Blackmoor games: The Wizard of the Wood. Just as there is a first dungeon master, there is a first wizard. Pete is the first person to ever be a wizard in a role playing game. His input as a player in Blackmoor is largely undocumented, yet without a player who wanted to be a wizard, Arneson would not have been forced to adapt his game to include magic spells. His story really is one of the secrets of blackmoor. We hope you enjoy seeing Pete explain a little bit about his role in the creation of Blackmoor. This interview is very special to us. Pete is missed by everyone who knows him. His legacy is immortalized any time a D&D player decides to be a magic user."[/HQ] Harvard's Blackmoor Blog [URL="http://blackmoormystara.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/legendary-characters-wizard-of-wood.html"]wrote about the Wizard of the Wood here[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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