Knowledge History D&D - Episode 2: Setting up the Pieces (1953 - 1967)

About this Episode

This episode, we continue the new series "Knowledge - History - D&D". A chronological review of the creation of Dungeons & Dragons. We'll intro you to the people who created D&D and how they first got interested in table top gaming. We talk through the early days of Gary Gygax, Don Kaye, and Dave Arneson.

Again, a lot of research went into this episode, so I'm sharing my bibliography.
I also highly recommend the following books:
Empire of Imagination by Michael Witwer
Of Dice And Men by David M. Ewalt

• Gary & Don https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gygax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Kaye
• Gettysburg https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3099/gettysburg
• Chainmail http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17010/Chainmail-Rules-for-Medieval-Miniatures-0e?it=1
• GenCon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Con
• Dave Wesely & Braunstein (Kreigsspiel variant) (St. Paul, Mn.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wesely https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braunstein_(wargame)

Music is used under the creative commons license.
"Rhythm Green" by Latch Swing (used during Part 1)
"Vanlig" by Jahzzar (used during Part 1)
"Eastminster" by Kevin MacLeod (used during Part 2)
"Genval" by Hicham Chahidi (used during Part 3)
These musicians can be found on freemusicarchive.org

Intro and Outro music written by Erik Dewhurst