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Re: New fantasy battle rules....
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lugnet.gaming
Date: 
Thu, 3 May 2001 14:19:18 GMT
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In lugnet.fun.gaming, Thomas Mitchell writes:
  Hello everyone,
  I have been an avid pen-n-paper Dungeons and Dragons fan for many years,
as well as an AFOL for the past 3 years or so.  I always wanted to leverage
my LEGO collection into the D&D realm, but with little success.  The
BrikWars games I played (all 2 of them :) ) were mutually exclusive from my
D&D campaigns.
  About 2 months ago I was surfing a Wizards of the Coast (WotC) message
board, and I came across the game 'Chainmail' that is going to be released

<snip>

Holy full circle, batman!

D&D was developed *from* a fantasy wargame called Chainmail, something like
20 years ago.

James



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: New fantasy battle rules....
 
(...) Hello James, I didn't realize anyone would be that well-versed in the lore of DnD, but that is correct. I think it's a neat way to respect the heritage of the game. As an aside, I'm looking forward to using my Qui-Gon Jinn LEGO mini as a (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.gaming)
  Re: New fantasy battle rules....
 
(...) Close, Robin... but not close enough. D&D was first developed from Chainmail about 30 years ago. In around 1970 was the first fantasy Chainmail game that started the concept of role-playing in a wargame... and creating some new form of gaming (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.gaming)

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  New fantasy battle rules....
 
Hello everyone, I have been an avid pen-n-paper Dungeons and Dragons fan for many years, as well as an AFOL for the past 3 years or so. I always wanted to leverage my LEGO collection into the D&D realm, but with little success. The BrikWars games I (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.gaming)

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