Destroy All Monsters

[Old One]

I don't know whether many of you have seen this article from The Believer, but I thought you might find it interesting:

http://www.believermag.com/issues/200609/?read=article_lafarge

It was written by a guy who looked up Gary Gygax and spent an afternoon playing D&D with him.

 

[Xathrodox86]

Very good article, written in that oldschool RPG spirit. Gygax would be proud.

 

[Old One]

My favorite part is TSR's attempt to explain D&D to store owners.

While one of the participants creates the whole world in which the adventures are to take place, the balance of the players—as few as two or as many as a dozen or more—create “characters” who will travel about in this make-believe world, interact with its peoples, and seek the fabulous treasures of magic and precious items guarded by dragons, giants, werewolves, and hundreds of other fearsome things.