D&D: Origins of the Game

Listen and read along as Gary Gygax talks about the origins of D&D from a magazine article back in June 1977. Then stick around as I discuss Dragon Magazine issues #6 and #7 with commentary on the writers and artists and the impact and influence of the various articles on D&D history.

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0:00 Introduction
1:29 Origins of D&D
33:10 Dragon Magazine #6
'1:00:27 Superfans
1:07:37 Dragon #7
1:29:08 Wrap-Up
1:29:57 Bonus Content

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