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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 6238960" data-attributes="member: 114">So many people assert this, but it seems that they do so without any real understanding of what OD&D was actually like. I can tell you that there were lots of war games that were produced and played around that time, but the one thing which made OD&D different and innovative was that combat was a tiny bit compared to the exploration and role playing aspects, which were the genuine innovation. OD&D was created by wargamers, out of a wargame for sure. That doesn't mean that it was primarily a wargame, and I see much more of a wargame influence in the rules design and actual play from 3e onwards. Regards</blockquote>