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Happy 50th birthday Dungeons and Dragons from Chaosium
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 30th Jan 2024
Happy 50th birthday Dungeons and Dragons from Chaosium! Chaosium's own first TTRPG RuneQuest (1978) was dedicated to D&D creators Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, "who first opened Pandora's Box". Everyone playing, creating and working in tabletop roleplaying games today appreciates that audacious first
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From the Q&A: did Chaosium founder Greg Stafford own the first-ever copy of D&D sold, bought directly from Gary Gygax himself?
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 17th Feb 2023
From our Frequently Asked Questions:Q: Did Greg Stafford own the first-ever copy of D&D sold, bought directly from Gary Gygax himself?A: TL/DR - Yes. As Greg himself told it in the now defunct Stafford Codex (retrieved via Wayback Machine):The First Dungeons & Dragon
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'The Dread from Geneva Lake' to debut at Gary Con XIV next month
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 11th Feb 2022
The Dread From Geneva Lake is an officially licensed Call of Cthulhu scenario by Luke Gygax and Skeeter Green that will make its debut at Gary Con XIV next month. Featuring original music from Eric Harris of Gygax Guild.Gary Con is the gaming convention held in Lake Gen
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Was Chaosium's founder first to buy a copy of D&D?
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 29th Sep 2017
[From stackexchange.com]Q: Was Chaosium's founder first to buy a copy of D&D?A: TL/DR: YesIs this true (allowing for the difficulties that interviews with Californian Arkati Shaman-Publishers present to seekers of truth)? Did Stafford's friend acquire a copy of D&D directly from Gy
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