OD&D Dave Arneson's Origins 1977 Tournament

Jon Peterson has shared some images of Dave Arneson's Origins 1977 D&D tournament, in the form of twelve pre-generated characters (which include a werewolf!), the tournament's event description, and report from a couple of the players. Note the AC values written as Roman numerals! This adventure never made it into publication, unlike many other tournament modules of the period. Check out...

Note the AC values written as Roman numerals! This adventure never made it into publication, unlike many other tournament modules of the period.

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darjr

I crit!

Apr 27, 2020

3rd was built in ideas from 1e-2e and the basic sets and internal ideas and plans. Plus from the designers that hales from the likes of Ars Magica and other games that took left turns from the norm at the time. I do agree that there was a ton of talented genious at TSR/WotC designing 3rd ed.