We were joking around on Mastodon about posting slightly wrong
information to get people to interact, when I remembered this particular
gem from Peterson's site: Rules for the Game of DUNGEON (1974) is likely
the second roleplaying game ever published, and the author did so
without knowing of the existence of Dungeons and Dragons.
On 2/6/2024 10:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
gmkeros@gmail.com wrote:
We were joking around on Mastodon about posting slightly wrong
information to get people to interact, when I remembered this particular >>> gem from Peterson's site: Rules for the Game of DUNGEON (1974) is likely >>> the second roleplaying game ever published, and the author did so
without knowing of the existence of Dungeons and Dragons.
Was FANTASY ROLE PLAYING before or after D&D?
Doesn't tell me anything right now. Do you mean Fantasy Wargaming: The >Highest Level of All? (which despite it's name is an rpg and not a wargame)
We were joking around on Mastodon about posting slightly wrong
information to get people to interact, when I remembered this particular
gem from Peterson's site: Rules for the Game of DUNGEON (1974) is likely
the second roleplaying game ever published, and the author did so
without knowing of the existence of Dungeons and Dragons.
It was likely not someone coming up with the idea independently though,
a local gamer had played with Dave Arneson's group before and brought
the concept to Minneapolis. The author of DUNGEON Craig VanGrasstek
collected the variants into a ruleset and published them to share with
the wider world. But of course the existence of DnD brought all that to
an end.
I wonder if other variants were around at the time as well.
http://playingattheworld.blogspot.com/2012/08/rules-to-game-of-dungeon-1974.html
and here is a copy of the rules as pdf
http://playingattheworld.blogspot.com/2014/08/1974-dungeon-variant-now-for-download.html
Does anyone have some more information about that old Minneapolis scene?
On Wed, 07 Feb 2024 10:36:30 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
And here I thought it had something to do with "prostitution."
Imagine my disappointment.
It could be both. If you pay enough, they'll do anything you want.
Well... almost. Even Minneapolis sex workers draw the line at playing
4th Edition. ;-)
On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 17:58:13 +0100, kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
We were joking around on Mastodon about posting slightly wrong
information to get people to interact, when I remembered this particular >>gem from Peterson's site: Rules for the Game of DUNGEON (1974) is likely >>the second roleplaying game ever published, and the author did so
without knowing of the existence of Dungeons and Dragons.
It was likely not someone coming up with the idea independently though,
a local gamer had played with Dave Arneson's group before and brought
the concept to Minneapolis. The author of DUNGEON Craig VanGrasstek >>collected the variants into a ruleset and published them to share with
the wider world. But of course the existence of DnD brought all that to
an end.
I wonder if other variants were around at the time as well.
http://playingattheworld.blogspot.com/2012/08/rules-to-game-of-dungeon-1974.html
and here is a copy of the rules as pdf
http://playingattheworld.blogspot.com/2014/08/1974-dungeon-variant-now-for-download.html
Does anyone have some more information about that old Minneapolis scene?
And here I thought it had something to do with "prostitution."
Imagine my disappointment.
zaghadka@hotmail.com wrote:
On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 17:58:13 +0100, kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
We were joking around on Mastodon about posting slightly wrong >>>information to get people to interact, when I remembered this particular >>>gem from Peterson's site: Rules for the Game of DUNGEON (1974) is likely >>>the second roleplaying game ever published, and the author did so
without knowing of the existence of Dungeons and Dragons.
It was likely not someone coming up with the idea independently though,
a local gamer had played with Dave Arneson's group before and brought
the concept to Minneapolis. The author of DUNGEON Craig VanGrasstek >>>collected the variants into a ruleset and published them to share with >>>the wider world. But of course the existence of DnD brought all that to >>>an end.
I wonder if other variants were around at the time as well.
http://playingattheworld.blogspot.com/2012/08/rules-to-game-of-dungeon-1974.html
and here is a copy of the rules as pdf
http://playingattheworld.blogspot.com/2014/08/1974-dungeon-variant-now-for-download.html
Does anyone have some more information about that old Minneapolis scene?
And here I thought it had something to do with "prostitution."
Imagine my disappointment.
I think Phil and Dixie covered that sufficiently.
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