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Blackmoor at GenCon 2019
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Aldarron Wrote:
RobJN Wrote:...his interpretation that the Blackmoor that Dave ran for Gary is the first game of D&D....

This seems like a particularly strange interpretation, but I'll have to give a listen to the podcast to see what is meant. (sounds interesting anyway)

The idea is strange because it would seem to propose either that Gygax = D&D or Arneson somehow invented a new game on the car ride to Lake Geneva.

What Gygax played was a Blackmoor game - two actually if you count Megarry's Dungeon as part of that.

I like the podcast episode, but I think the guy's real strength are the things dealing with the fall of TSR. His take on the origins of D&D were more anecdotal and probbaly mentioned because it was a nice nod to GenCon 50 years ago since that's where this seminar was given.

I agree that Gygax played a Blackmoor Game. And it wasn't the first, since these had already been going on for a while.

-Havard
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