A 1974 Review of D&D

CleverNickName writes "Boing Boing pointed me to this 1974 review of the 'new' Dungeons and Dragons game. Some highlights: D&D was subtitled 'Rules for Fantastic Medieval Wargams Campaigns Playable with Paper and Pencil and Miniature Figures.' The reviewer concludes, 'In general, the concept and imagination involved is stunning. However, much more work, refinement, and especially regulation and simplification is necessary before the game is managable.'"

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Re:An odd request

[jcsehak]

You're wrong. Ever hear of Wicca? As in witches who worship The Goddess (IIRC)? Many of them cast spells. Ask someone about Alistar Crowley someday. He's famous for his delvings into the black arts, and I'm pretty sure it killed him. I believe Alan Moore (th ecomics writer) is also a spellcaster, or at least a magic worshipper. But it doesn't end at Satan or earth-spirits. If I'm not mistaken, there's an ancient Jewish spell that creates a golem, to protect something. That's where D&D got golems from. Magic is very real. The thing is, I wouldn't go near it with a ten-foot pole, and I used to play spellcasters in D&D all the time.