Gamers Mark 30 Years of Dungeons & Dragons

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Written by BuckGB on October 18th, 2004

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In 1974, 1,000 brown-and-white boxes filled with pamphlets for "Fantastic Medieval Wargames" were distributed by a couple of guys who liked war role-playing and decided to set a game in the Middle Ages but with monsters and fantastic heroes.

Dungeons & Dragons went on to become one of the best-selling games of all time, inspiring fan devotion so great that some travel thousands of miles to play in tournaments.

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