WotC biffs some D&D history

[DaveyJones]

Nope. OD&D was never released as a mimeograph, IIRC, and the article says "box," not "book." "Blue box" also has a specific, existing meaning in terms of BD&D editions. Also, "blue book" would refer to blue exam booklets, which gave us the Aaron-Allston-coined term "bluebooking," i.e., extra-session in-character writing projects.

It's just a simple biff on the writer's part.

the release of the pre1974 boxed sets was .... handscrawled or Xeroxed/mimeograph. perhaps the blue mimeograph was someone having access to a school.

just notes from gaming sessions really. not very organized.

 

[Ranger REG]

I don't have the set anymore, but I do still have my first twenty-sider, expertly colored by yours truly. It's awesome. It's practically a sphere at this point, which means that it just keeps going and going (unless an obstacle or table edge intervenes).

I have a bunch of fancy-shmancy new and improved dice that I use for regular duty. But I'm sure I'll break out Ol' Spherey sometime for a special roll.

I dumped mine in favor of Chessex dice.

 

[Hypersmurf]

I wish d20s numbered 0-9 twice were still produced, as I've never cared for the modern d10, it being an imposter, as it were.

If you promise not to tell anyone, I'll share a secret.

You can roll a d20 numbered 1-20, and just read the 'ones' digit, to get a 0-9 uniform distribution!

-Hyp.