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>"Original game The original Dungeons & Dragons, now referred to as OD&D,[78] was a small box set of three booklets published in 1974. With a very limited pro

>"Original game The original Dungeons & Dragons, now referred to as OD&D,[78] was a small box set of three booklets published in 1974. With a very limited production budget of only $2000 — with only $100 budgeted for artwork[79]:26 — it was amateurish in production and assumed the player was familiar with wargaming. Nevertheless, it grew rapidly in popularity, first among wargamers and then expanding to a more general audience of college and high school students. Roughly 1,000 copies of the game were sold in the first year followed by 3,000 in 1975, and many more in the following years.[80] This first set went through many printings and was supplemented with several official additions, such as the original Greyhawk and Blackmoor supplements (both 1975),[81] as well as magazine articles in TSR's official publications and many fanzines." PDS: Also, the Dragon Dice -- are a great way to visualize Platonic Solids: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_solid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_solid >"Geometers have studied the Platonic solids for thousands of years.[1] They are named for the ancient Greek philosopher Plato who hypothesized in one of his dialogues, the Timaeus, that the classical elements (Air, Earth, Water, Fire, Aether (AKA "Akasa", "Space", "Plenum", "Dark Matter", etc.)) were made of these regular solids.[2]"

Fjolsvith 6y ago
Have a funny story to relate about D&D. I did some time in federal prison, and was a DM for several groups there. I was transferred to another prison partway through my time. On arriving at the new prison, the SIS (internal police) officer was pulling the inmates in singly and interviewing them privately to screen them for potential trouble. My turn, and when I got in there, he asked me, "Are you in a gang?" I told him, "You ever heard of D&D?" He sits up and grabs his pen, "No, have they been around long?" I said, "About 35 years. Do you have any D&D'ers here?" His eyes narrow and he says, "No." I told him, "Well, you're gonna." I wish I could have seen it when he figured it out.
- dash2 6y ago
  What was it like DMing these people? Did you have any violent criminals playing as elves? Was it hard to impose your will as a DM?
  - Fjolsvith 6y ago
    > What was it like DMing these people? Did you have any violent criminals playing as elves? I would say that people who are predisposed to "violent" activities aren't the D&D type. The guys in my groups were my friends. > Was it hard to impose your will as a DM? No, we went by the book and the roll of the die. If the players wanted to cheat a rule, I'd just tell them that if they wanted to do it, the NPC's and monsters also got to do it - it would become a table rule. They'd usually back down at that point. I've commented at length on HN about gaming in prison, but you'd have to go quite a ways back through my comment history to find it.

Fjolsvith 6y ago

Have a funny story to relate about D&D. I did some time in federal prison, and was a DM for several groups there. I was transferred to another prison partway through my time. On arriving at the new prison, the SIS (internal police) officer was pulling the inmates in singly and interviewing them privately to screen them for potential trouble. My turn, and when I got in there, he asked me, "Are you in a gang?" I told him, "You ever heard of D&D?" He sits up and grabs his pen, "No, have they been around long?" I said, "About 35 years. Do you have any D&D'ers here?" His eyes narrow and he says, "No." I told him, "Well, you're gonna." I wish I could have seen it when he figured it out.

dash2 6y ago
What was it like DMing these people? Did you have any violent criminals playing as elves? Was it hard to impose your will as a DM?
- Fjolsvith 6y ago
  > What was it like DMing these people? Did you have any violent criminals playing as elves? I would say that people who are predisposed to "violent" activities aren't the D&D type. The guys in my groups were my friends. > Was it hard to impose your will as a DM? No, we went by the book and the roll of the die. If the players wanted to cheat a rule, I'd just tell them that if they wanted to do it, the NPC's and monsters also got to do it - it would become a table rule. They'd usually back down at that point. I've commented at length on HN about gaming in prison, but you'd have to go quite a ways back through my comment history to find it.