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Title: Happy Dave Arneson Day!
Post by: mirth on October 01, 2018, 01:11:11 PM
https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1046784466532880384
Title: Re: Happy Dave Arneson Day!
Post by: bayonetbrant on October 01, 2018, 01:25:07 PM
a most excellent dude

for a while, I'd actually had a copy of

(https://cf.geekdo-images.com/imagepage/img/ssy-KCmztBfx-wJwWX7vf3CsGw4=/fit-in/900x600/filters:no_upscale()/pic892626.jpg)

his post-D&D creation
Title: Re: Happy Dave Arneson Day!
Post by: mirth on October 01, 2018, 01:34:41 PM
^nice
Title: Re: Happy Dave Arneson Day!
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 01, 2018, 01:36:47 PM
Ah, the good old days of amateur drawings in RPGs...

Still remember getting my first blue book D&D manual from B Dalton's at the mall, while I was in middle school.

(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZYAm5-aYfB0/Vz3gUKDcvmI/AAAAAAAANm8/r6JYgO3JWOAxbPsjpMXVFwxgWp7-nSg2wCLcB/s1600/Dungeons-and-Dragons-Blue-Book.jpg)
Title: Re: Happy Dave Arneson Day!
Post by: bayonetbrant on October 01, 2018, 01:46:36 PM
^nice


no, no it really wasn't


there's a reason you've never heard of it, and it's not a bad reason
Title: Re: Happy Dave Arneson Day!
Post by: mirth on October 01, 2018, 01:49:34 PM
^nice


no, no it really wasn't


there's a reason you've never heard of it, and it's not a bad reason

I was thinking for nostalgia reasons. I have a lot of old wargames of questionable quality, but I can't help myself.
Title: Re: Happy Dave Arneson Day!
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 01, 2018, 01:57:52 PM
but I can't help myself.

Excuse @12, one near and dear
Title: Re: Happy Dave Arneson Day!
Post by: mirth on October 01, 2018, 01:59:22 PM
It's cool to see where the hobby has come from even if the games aren't that great by modern standards.
Title: Re: Happy Dave Arneson Day!
Post by: BanzaiCat on October 01, 2018, 02:03:16 PM
It was hit or miss for an industry that was learning as they went along.