D&D General The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977 Coming In June

Morrus

Well, that was fun

Staff member

• Feb 12, 2024

• #1

Check out the cover of The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977, coming on June 18th!

The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: 1970-1977

• History of D&D
• The ultimate book showcasing D&D’s inception, including Gary Gygax’s never-before-seen first draft of D&D written in 1973, a curated collection of published fanzine and magazine articles contribute to D&D’s origin story. Each document is introduced, described, and woven into the story by one of the game’s foremost historians, Jon Peterson.
• Release Date: June 18, 2024

 

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Argyle King

Legend

• Feb 12, 2024

• #2

Cool, but what is it intended to be?

 

FitzTheRuke

Legend

• Feb 12, 2024

• #3

Argyle King said:

Cool, but what is it intended to be?

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Yeah, it might be nice to have a recap of what we know about this book from when it was first announced. @Morrus, do you mind if we ask for some cut-and-paste? (Sorry for adding to your workload and thanks for doing what you do!)

 

Morrus

Well, that was fun

Staff member

• Feb 12, 2024

• #4

FitzTheRuke said:

Yeah, it might be nice to have a recap of what we know about this book from when it was first announced. @Morrus, do you mind if we ask for some cut-and-paste? (Sorry for adding to your workload and thanks for doing what you do!)

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That up there is the description as provided in the press release. I don't have anything more than that!

 

Parmandur

Book-Friend

• Feb 12, 2024

• #5

FitzTheRuke said:

Yeah, it might be nice to have a recap of what we know about this book from when it was first announced. @Morrus, do you mind if we ask for some cut-and-paste? (Sorry for adding to your workload and thanks for doing what you do!)

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It's quite complete reprint of the OD&D rules, along with historical material to contextualize the game. Like the Goodman Games OAR series combined wirh Play the World, but for the OD&D rules etc itself.

 

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bedir than

Full Moon Storyteller

• Feb 12, 2024

• #6

IIRC Peterson is on this project, right?

 

Parmandur

Book-Friend

• Feb 12, 2024

• #7

bedir than said:

IIRC Peterson is on this project, right?

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Yup, he is writing it, so it will be, at the least, a serious history.

Looks like it will also be a great doorstop and decent bludgeoning weapon, at over 500 pages.

 

Cadence

Legend

Supporter

• Feb 12, 2024

• #8

<edit: I should learn to read>

 

GuyBoy

Hero

• Feb 12, 2024

• #9

This looks so cool and is a definite for me.
I loved the White Box back in the 1970s and will love the warmth of nostalgia from this book.

 

overgeeked

B/X Known World

• Feb 12, 2024

• #10

"Gary Gygax’s never-before-seen first draft of D&D written in 1973"

That should be interesting. Here's to hoping David Wesley and Dave Arneson are given more attention than they normally receive in these kinds of things.