Playing at the World Episode #2: Identifying 1970s Dice @jonpeterson7219

Jon Peterson Want to learn to identify the dice available to hobby gamers in the 1970s? This video shows the first dice people used to play Dungeons & Dragons and other early RPGs and wargames. For the quick reference guide, see: playingattheworld.blogspot.com/2020/02/identifying-dice-of-1970s.html

We use obscure magazine and catalog notices to sequence the dice made by Creative Publications, Lou Zocchi and others, and also some dice from the early 1980s that it is easy to confuse with the dice of the previous decade.

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Playing at the World Episode #2: Identifying 1970s Dice

Jon Peterson 2020-02-22 | Want to learn to identify the dice available to hobby gamers in the 1970s? This video shows the first dice people used to play Dungeons & Dragons and other early RPGs and wargames. For the quick reference guide, see: playingattheworld.blogspot.com/2020/02/identifying-dice-of-1970s.html

We use obscure magazine and catalog notices to sequence the dice made by Creative Publications, Lou Zocchi and others, and also some dice from the early 1980s that it is easy to confuse with the dice of the previous decade.

D&D Radio Show Pilot

Jon Peterson 2016-08-01 | In the early 1980s, TSR developed a syndicated radio show that would promote D&D by broadcasting audio examples of play. Jon Peterson of Playing at the World reviews some excerpts from the unreleased pilot.

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Hear the full radio show pilot on the Wizards of the Coast podcast here:

http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/jon-peterson-lost-radio-show

Playing at the World Episode #1: Original D&D

Jon Peterson 2016-02-01 | Jon Peterson visits with Bill Meinhardt to explore the original boxed set editions of Dungeons & Dragons sold by TSR in the mid-1970s. This video explains how Dungeons & Dragons first went to market and identifies the differences between early printings of the game.

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A History of D&D In 12 Treasures

Jon Peterson 2014-01-22 | Role-playing game historian Jon Peterson reviews twelve rare artifacts that grant us unique insight to the initial development of Dungeons & Dragons. They include original documents from Braunstein, an early letter from Gary Gygax on the medieval setting, Dave Arneson's notes for his own early medieval game, fanzines and maps associated with the Castle & Crusade Society, and various pre-publication D&D rules.