| Wackmole9 | 26 Jan 2018 7:37 a.m. PST |
Hi IS there a good history of how TSR was founded and invented Dungeons & Dragons. |
| daler240D | 26 Jan 2018 7:58 a.m. PST |
I thought "Of dice and men" was pretty good. |
 Inari7  | 26 Jan 2018 8:01 a.m. PST |
Playing at the world
link Empire of Imagination: Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons & Dragons
link There are more, and lots of info on the internet. |
| USAFpilot | 26 Jan 2018 8:29 a.m. PST |
Wikipedia has great articles on this subject. Search "Dungeons & Dragons" or "Gary Gygax" |
 Jeff Ewing | 26 Jan 2018 10:11 a.m. PST |
My wife got me this, and I enjoyed it: link |
| DrSkull | 26 Jan 2018 10:40 a.m. PST |
I'd second the motion on "Playing at the World" it is an excellent well-written history of the whole wargaming hobby up to the creation of Dungeons and Dragons. |
| Wackmole9 | 26 Jan 2018 11:14 a.m. PST |
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 Parzival | 26 Jan 2018 1:59 p.m. PST |
Of Dice and Men is well-written and enjoyable. I seem to recall a few minor errors in certain details related to specific editions, which I knew from having been a player in the early '80s, but over all it's an interesting history of Gygax, Arneson, D&D and especially the disaster that imploded TSR. I recommend it. I'm going to look for Playing at the World and Empire of Imagination next. |
 Mserafin | 26 Jan 2018 2:14 p.m. PST |
Seeing histories of D&D like these make me feel old – I started with 1st edition back when it was new. Thanks, guys! |
 martinjpayne1964 | 26 Jan 2018 5:16 p.m. PST |
Hawk & Moor series by Kent David Kelly; five volumes so far, but only reached 1977 atm!! |
| YogiBearMinis | 26 Jan 2018 7:45 p.m. PST |
Hawk & Moor is a bit too detailed, but quite enjoyable. It contains a lot of stories about the ACTUAL early role playing sessions of Gygax and friends. |
| Panfilov | 27 Apr 2018 3:37 p.m. PST |
I thought "Of Dice and Men" underestimated the availability of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Martian series and the Conan series as preparing the ground for D&D; Not even sure if he mentioned Fritz Lieber. I know I had read them at some point before I met D&D at Gencon in 1974; What was really interesting was how little interest the Docent (?) at "Gencon 50" had in how non-D&D Gencon WAS then, they had a little display with a couple of Minitanks and figures and a copy of Tractics, but no explanatory text. |
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