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Flowchart: exposed to Dungeons and Dragons early

Flowchart: exposed to Dungeons and Dragons early in life, yes or no? I didn't play a whole lot of D&D as a kid (maybe three time total) but I've flowed through several of these points nonetheless.

By Jason Kottke  •  Mar 11, 2008  •  dungeonsanddragons   infoviz

I never played Dungeons & Dragons, but I

I never played Dungeons & Dragons, but I did play RuneQuest in the back room of a bookshop in Bonham Texas with high school students some ten years older than me.

(One of them, a young woman I had a crush on, responded to "What's your point?" with "I wish I could see it through all that hair."

I thought that was pretty cool.)

All this to say a first look at the fourth edition of Dungeons & Dragons has leaked onto the web, and, sadly, "Gary Gygax, the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, has passed away, aged just 69."

(thx, david)

By Deron Bauman  •  Mar 4, 2008  •  dungeonsanddragons   garygygax   runequest

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