Nice video. "Of Dice and Men" is a great book on the topic as well. (You are aware that the singular of "dice" is "die", correct? You were saying it incorrectly on purpose... as some people deliberately do)
The general TTRPG idea was around since the 1960's in the wargaming milieu. It is somewhat recognised that Braunstein by Dave Wesely is the first tabletop rpg. Even if you consider D&D alone, it is strongly debated whether the paternity is to be assigned to Gygax or Dave Arneson. Arneson indeed created some tropes and mechanics, Gygax coded them into a playable set. Personally, I think that both have to be account for the creation of D&D.
Some things you might want to look into further: Free Kriegspiel introduced the idea of an umpire that is the predecessor of D&D’s Dungeon Master. Wargaming before D&D already had become much more than combat simulation. Look into Diplomacy, Braunstein, Arneson’s Napoleonic game, Blackmoor, & M.A.R. Barker’s group before D&D was published. While D&D was published by wargamers and did call itself “miniature rules”, it is wildly inaccurate to call it a complex combat game. It had very little in the way of combat rules, and while it referred readers to Chainmail for combat, neither of the co-authors actually used Chainmail when playing D&D by the time it was published. You may want to read Playing At The World & see the documentary Secrets of Blackmoor for more insight into world that D&D rather naturally came out of.
I stumbled on this as a grognard. Are you a player? Your 5e books in the background suggest that. But this seems more of a grad student dissertation of the genre. Is this some kind of college thesis? Eighty one likes says you're new. This reads cold.
Next video I'm gonna be discussing a bit more of a serious topic but I had WAY too much fun making this
Oh, absolutely. Also, nice channel. Subscribed.
Down for some dice history for sure. Ride or "die" fan of gaming history content!
Great video. I'm definitely interested in the history of dice, particularly their usage beyond gambling.
RPGs is a serious topic
I miss Dnd! fond memories Ty great video
Great little video very educational
Great Video! Born in 1971 I am playing Pen&Paper RPGs since the mid 80s... allmost every week with my friends.
Awesome!
Nice video. "Of Dice and Men" is a great book on the topic as well. (You are aware that the singular of "dice" is "die", correct? You were saying it incorrectly on purpose... as some people deliberately do)
I thought you were going to start doing a video for Ticket to Ride. :)
this was super interesting, thank you! i love the title cards you made; they're beautiful. im excited to see what other work you make!
Aw, thank you so much!
You're definitely making the most of the quarantine, great video!
The history is actually kinda interesting, I never even thought of this before I saw it on reddit.
Thanks for tuning in!
Plenty interesting information with some I never thought about so thank you and well done :)
Thank you for your lovely comment!
@@professorpeachez are you open to collaboration in the future?
Unfortunately not at this time as I have many projects on the go.
The general TTRPG idea was around since the 1960's in the wargaming milieu.
It is somewhat recognised that Braunstein by Dave Wesely is the first tabletop rpg.
Even if you consider D&D alone, it is strongly debated whether the paternity is to be assigned to Gygax or Dave Arneson. Arneson indeed created some tropes and mechanics, Gygax coded them into a playable set. Personally, I think that both have to be account for the creation of D&D.
Super cool video! Please make the one about the history of dice games too!
I'm planning on having a 'history of dice video' out within the next month!
@@professorpeachez awesome!!
Some things you might want to look into further: Free Kriegspiel introduced the idea of an umpire that is the predecessor of D&D’s Dungeon Master. Wargaming before D&D already had become much more than combat simulation. Look into Diplomacy, Braunstein, Arneson’s Napoleonic game, Blackmoor, & M.A.R. Barker’s group before D&D was published. While D&D was published by wargamers and did call itself “miniature rules”, it is wildly inaccurate to call it a complex combat game. It had very little in the way of combat rules, and while it referred readers to Chainmail for combat, neither of the co-authors actually used Chainmail when playing D&D by the time it was published. You may want to read Playing At The World & see the documentary Secrets of Blackmoor for more insight into world that D&D rather naturally came out of.
Nice video
I stumbled on this as a grognard. Are you a player? Your 5e books in the background suggest that. But this seems more of a grad student dissertation of the genre. Is this some kind of college thesis? Eighty one likes says you're new. This reads cold.
This comment got saltier and saltier the longer it went on lol
You’re drunk Sherlock, go home.
@@professorpeachezIt was sailing the seven seas by the time it was done. :)