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Re: New fantasy battle rules....
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Thu, 3 May 2001 23:40:16 GMT
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In lugnet.fun.gaming, James Brown writes:
> Holy full circle, batman!
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> D&D was developed *from* a fantasy wargame called Chainmail, something like
> 20 years ago.
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> James
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 in the process. D&D itself was first
published in 1974.
You can check TSR's history of D&D at:
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DnDArchives_FAQ.asp
Scroll down the page until you reach the timeline.
Tony (who has been role-playing for 19 years and counting)
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| (...) As I understand it from some folks I have talked to, there actually was some roleplaying even earlier than Chainmail, it just didn't directly develop into the first commerical role playing game. Of course many wargames are also technically (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.gaming)
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