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

Dungeons & Tangents — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 06:15:00 -0700

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

Knowledge History D&D - Episode 1: The Prehistory to D&D (500 - 1950)

Dungeons & Tangents — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 06:15:00 -0700

This episode, Erik starts a new series called "Knowledge - History - D&D". A chronological review of how Dungeons & Dragons came into being.
We'll start by releasing episodes every other week.
This first episode starts with the prehistory of D&D from 500 AD to 1950.

Since this episode involved a lot of research, I wanted to share all my sources and give credit where credit is due. So, here is my big thick bibliography. It wouldn't pass muster in a college level class, but you trust my sources are legit, right?
I also highly recommend the following books:
Empire of Imagination by Michael Witwer
Of Dice And Men by David M. Ewalt

Chaturanga http://www.chessvariants.com/historic.dir/chaturanga.html https://www.chess.com/blog/Shadow_47/chaturangahellipthe-lost-game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaturanga
Chess https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess
Kriegsspiel Developed in 1812 by Lieutenant Georg Leopold von Reiswitz and his son Georg Heinrich Rudolf von Reiswitz of the Prussian Army https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegsspiel_(wargame) https://web.archive.org/web/20090710224303/http://www.boardgamestudies.info/pdf/issue3/BGS3Hilgers.pdf (see page 63 or so) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/16957/kriegsspiel
Little Wars: http://www.thortrains.net/downloads/litwars.pdf
Napoleonic Miniature War Gaming: http://www.wargamer.com/articles/an-introduction-to-napoleonic-miniature-wargaming/
History of the War Gaming Hobby: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~beattie/timeline2.html
Jack Scrubby: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Scruby War Gaming Digest (1957-1963)

Music is used under the creative commons license.
"Raga Bageshri" by Ashok Pathak (used during Part 1)
"Pierre" by Hicham Chahidi (used during Part 2)
"Tendresse" by Hicham Chahidi (used during Part 3)

Intro and Outro music written by Erik Dewhurst

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

Knowledge History D&D - Episode 1: The Prehistory to D&D (500 - 1950)