Wow! Originally created by Rob Kuntz for Greyhawk Castle! Ticket includes copy of El Raja Key Archive Basic Edition with scan of map!
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Legendary Gen Con attendee Tim Kask, editor of The Dragon & early TSR products, reminisces about the adventure, exclaiming, "Hell Yes! I was hooked." A high quality digital image of the original 1974 map used for this adventure is found on the El Raja Key Archive by TLB Games. Price of ticket includes copy of the El Raja Key Archive Basic Edition. The Archive is an interactive, searchable, fully indexed, virtual museum containing high quality digital scans of roleplaying game artifacts from the dawn of D&D. These artifacts come from the collection of legendary designer, Rob Kuntz, Gary Gygax's co-DM for the original Greyhawk campaign! It includes maps & some keys for Rob's Castle El Raja Key, the dungeons where Gary Gygax cut his teeth as Mordenkainen & maps, keys, & notes for over 40 adventures from the original Greyhawk & Kalibruhn Campaigns including Rob's 16 Greyhawk Castle levels!
Wow! Originally created by Rob Kuntz for his Kalibruhn campaign! Ticket includes copy of El Raja Key Archive Basic Edition with scan of map!
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Rob Kuntz, as Convention Chairman of Gen Con VIII, used this adventure to run the first ever tournament game of D&D in 1975! A high quality digital image of the original 1975 map used for this adventure is found on the El Raja Key Archive by TLB Games. Price of ticket includes complimentary copy of the El Raja Key Archive Basic Edition. The Archive is an interactive, searchable, fully indexed, virtual museum containing high quality digital scans of roleplaying game artifacts from the dawn of D&D. These artifacts come from the collection of legendary designer, Rob Kuntz, Gary Gygax's co-DM for the original Greyhawk campaign! It includes maps & some keys for Rob's Castle El Raja Key, the dungeons where Gary Gygax cut his teeth as Mordenkainen and maps, keys, and notes for over 40 adventures from the original Greyhawk & Kalibruhn Campaigns including 16 of Rob's Greyhawk Castle levels!
Wow! Designed by Mike Mornard & fought on a sand table, like attendees of early Gen Cons. Exciting miniatures game heavily incorporated into D&D!
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This Chainmail historical scenario will be conducted on the Legends of Wargaming Sand Table ensconced at the center of the Gen Con 50 Horticultural Hall exhibit on the 50-yard-line of Lucas Oil Stadium! The Battle on the Ice recreates the historic battle fought by Prince Alexander Nevsky of Russia against the crusading Teutonic Knights! The referee will be none other than Michael Mornard an early participant in Gary Gygax's wargaming club, the LGTSA, and the playtesting of Dungeons & Dragons. One of the few people to be a player in Dave Arneson's Blackmoor, Gary Gygax's and Rob Kuntz's Greyhawk, and M.A.R. Barker's Empire of the Petal Throne. Indeed, Michael played Chainmail on Gary Gygax’s own sand table! Test your tactical skills in this exciting historical Chainmail miniatures game with someone who was there at the beginning!
Wow! Designed by Gary Gygax & fought on a sand table - like attendees of early Gen Cons. Exciting miniatures game heavily incorporated into D&D!
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This classic Chainmail fantasy scenario, originally designed by Gary Gygax, co-author of the original D&D game and founder of Gen Con, will be conducted on the Legends of Wargaming Sand Table ensconced at the center of the Gen Con 50 Horticultural Hall exhibit on the 50-yard-line of Lucas Oil Stadium! The Battle for the Brown Hills was first played by members of Gary's game clubs, the Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association and the Castle & Crusade Society in 1971. Test your tactical skills in this exciting miniatures game that is the roots of the original Dungeons & Dragons game. This game will feature 40mm Elastolin figures by Hausser and dime store conversions of vintage plastic figures for fantasy creatures – just like Gary used!
Wow! Designed by Gary Gygax & fought on a sand table - like attendees of early Gen Cons. Exciting miniatures game heavily incorporated into D&D!
Description:
This classic Chainmail fantasy scenario, originally designed by Gary Gygax, co-author of the original D&D game and founder of Gen Con, will be conducted on the Legends of Wargaming Sand Table ensconced at the center of the Gen Con 50 Horticultural Hall exhibit on the 50-yard-line of Lucas Oil Stadium! The Battle for the Brown Hills was first played by members of Gary's game clubs, the Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association and the Castle & Crusade Society in 1971. Test your tactical skills in this exciting miniatures game that is the roots of the original Dungeons & Dragons game. This game will feature 40mm Elastolin figures by Hausser and dime store conversions of vintage plastic figures for fantasy creatures – just like Gary used!
Wow! Designed by Gary Gygax & fought on a sand table - like attendees of early Gen Cons. Exciting miniatures game heavily incorporated into D&D!
Description:
This classic Chainmail fantasy scenario, originally designed by Gary Gygax, co-author of the original D&D game and founder of Gen Con, will be conducted on the Legends of Wargaming Sand Table ensconced at the center of the Gen Con 50 Horticultural Hall exhibit on the 50-yard-line of Lucas Oil Stadium! The Battle for the Brown Hills was first played by members of Gary's game clubs, the Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association and the Castle & Crusade Society in 1971. Test your tactical skills in this exciting miniatures game that is the roots of the original Dungeons & Dragons game. This game will feature 40mm Elastolin figures by Hausser and dime store conversions of vintage plastic figures for fantasy creatures – just like Gary used!
Wow! Play a Man-to-Man battle, designed by Gary Gygax & fought on a sand table, like attendees of early Gen Cons. Exciting miniatures game heavily incorporated into D&D!
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The Viking Assault of a Norman Seawatch Fort was designed by Gary Gygax, co-author of the original D&D game, first played by members of his Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association and the Castle & Crusade Society gaming clubs and part of their ongoing campaign in 1970. The referee will be none other than Michael Mornard an early participant in Gary Gygax's wargames club, the LGTSA, and the playtesting of Dungeons & Dragons. One of the few people to be a player in Dave Arneson's Blackmoor, Gary Gygax's and Rob Kuntz's Greyhawk, and M.A.R. Barker's Empire of the Petal Throne. Indeed Michael played Chainmail on Gary Gygax’s own sand table! Test your tactical skills in this exciting miniatures game that is the roots of the original D&D game.
Wow! Play a Man-to-Man battle, designed by Gary Gygax & fought on a sand table, like attendees of early Gen Cons. Exciting miniatures game heavily incorporated into D&D!
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The Viking Assault of a Norman Seawatch Fort was designed by Gary Gygax, co-author of the original D&D game, first played by members of his Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association and the Castle & Crusade Society gaming clubs and part of their ongoing campaign in 1970. The referee will be none other than Michael Mornard an early participant in Gary Gygax's wargames club, the LGTSA, and the playtesting of Dungeons & Dragons. One of the few people to be a player in Dave Arneson's Blackmoor, Gary Gygax's and Rob Kuntz's Greyhawk, and M.A.R. Barker's Empire of the Petal Throne. Indeed Michael played Chainmail on Gary Gygax’s own sand table! Test your tactical skills in this exciting miniatures game that is the roots of the original D&D game.
Wow! Play 1 of Gary Gygax's favorite games: Tractics by Mike Reese, Leon Tucker, & Gary. A WWII miniature tank game fought on a sand table & run by designer Mike Reese!
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This is your chance to learn to play one of Gary Gygax’s favorite games, Tractics by Mike Reese and Leon Tucker, a game Gary helped design, playtest, edit, type, and publish. This WWII armor battle will be conducted on the Legends of Wargaming Sand Table ensconced at the center of the Gen Con 50 Horticultural Hall exhibit on the 50-yard-line of Lucas Oil Stadium! The event will be run by none other than Mike Reese, co-author of Tractics and member of Gary’s original wargame club, the LGTSA. The scenario will be based on the original battle designed by Mike Reese for Tractics' debut at Gen Con in 1971. The event will use vintage Roco tanks and accessories just like the ones used on Gary’s own sand table!
Wow! Experience a game that is at the roots of the roleplaying games! This game shares its 50th Anniversary with Gen Con! A fast & furious roleplaying game run by designer David Wesely!
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This is your chance to experience a game that is at the roots of the roleplaying games: Braunstein! This game shares its 50th Anniversary with Gen Con! Indeed, 5 decades ago a remarkable thing happened when Dave Wesley refereed a game for his Napoleonic wargaming group, including Dave Arneson. As the players arrived they were each given a role to play within the German town of Braunstein: mayor, banker, student, Prussian army scout, etc. Soon each became immersed in a dynamic roleplaying experience with more than two sides, more than one objective, cooperative and competitive play, without any clear winner or conclusion. Considered a chaotic failure by Wesley, his players didn’t care – it was fun! Thus the seed of roleplaying games had been sown and would later be cultivated by Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax into the game we all know and love – D&D!