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Basic and Advanced—Dave Arneson takes a job at TSR (Part 4)
The Story of Basic and Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Part 1: The time Dungeons & Dragons split into two games Part 2: Dungeons & Dragons’ new audience versus its original rules Part 3: Dungeon & Dragons goes two directions Part … Continue reading →
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Tagged basic rules, Blackmoor, Dave Arneson, Different Worlds, Dragon magazine, Gary Gygax, Greyhawk, J. Eric Holmes, Pegasus, Strategic Review, Tim Kask, warlock
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9 facts about D&D’s first standalone adventure, Palace of the Vampire Queen
Before Curse of Strahd and Ravenloft came Palace of the Vampire Queen, a dungeon written by California gamers Pete and Judy Kerestan and distributed by TSR Hobbies. 1 Palace of the Vampire Queen may count as the first Dungeons & … Continue reading →
The difficult origin of Blackmoor, Dungeon & Dragons Supplement II
In my last post, I explained how Temple of the Frog, the first published dungeon, failed as a dungeon crawl and baffled the first Dungeons & Dragons players. To unlock Temple of the Frog, players needed to treat it as … Continue reading →
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Tagged assassin, Blackmoor, Brian Blume, Chainmail, Dave Arneson, First Fantasy Campaign, Gary Gygax, Greyhawk, Judges Guild, monk, Strategic Review, Temple of the Frog, Tim Kask
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