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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9588371" data-attributes="member: 6801845">While it doesn't really matter, the question I would have would be when did they start using &quot;multiverse&quot;?&nbsp; After a quick search, I see that DC comic books started using the idea of different versions of earth back in the 40s and of course we had Crisis on Infinite Earths in 1985.&nbsp; But did they use the term multiverse?&nbsp; Did Moorcock or Zelazny?&nbsp; I mean I remember reading Aasimov (Heinlen? Both?) that talked about multiple versions of reality.&nbsp; Some variation of the idea of an alternative world is probably as old as humanity.In any case I don't think the multiverse concept is really about marketing in the sense of hanging onto MCU coattails, the term has been used for at least 40 years in the context of D&amp;D.&nbsp; It's more to explain having some gods and lore common to multiple campaign settings.&nbsp; Along with, of course, giving them a way to say &quot;Tired of world X?&nbsp; Have your PCs bop over to world Y that we just published a book for!&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 9588371, member: 6801845"] While it doesn't really matter, the question I would have would be when did they start using "multiverse"? After a quick search, I see that DC comic books started using the idea of different versions of earth back in the 40s and of course we had Crisis on Infinite Earths in 1985. But did they use the term multiverse? Did Moorcock or Zelazny? I mean I remember reading Aasimov (Heinlen? Both?) that talked about multiple versions of reality. Some variation of the idea of an alternative world is probably as old as humanity. In any case I don't think the multiverse concept is really about marketing in the sense of hanging onto MCU coattails, the term has been used for at least 40 years in the context of D&D. It's more to explain having some gods and lore common to multiple campaign settings. Along with, of course, giving them a way to say "Tired of world X? Have your PCs bop over to world Y that we just published a book for!" [/QUOTE]

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