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Post 101

T.B. Falsename ACE: [stercus venio] I have learned from my mistakes, and feel I could repeat them exactly.

it's residuum


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Post 102

Shagrath (Join the Metal Appreciators' Society @ A2556489)

You've cheated somehow; there's no way you could've gotten it that fast.


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Post 103

T.B. Falsename ACE: [stercus venio] I have learned from my mistakes, and feel I could repeat them exactly.

I've heard it before


smiley - cheers


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Post 104

Shagrath (Join the Metal Appreciators' Society @ A2556489)

Dang. Fine, be that way. That wasn't very long-lived. smiley - sadface
Next question then...


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Post 105

T.B. Falsename ACE: [stercus venio] I have learned from my mistakes, and feel I could repeat them exactly.

Ok, this has lots of parts, so I don't recomend answering untill you know it all, as you may give someone else the answers they need. Here goes

Dungeons & Dragons was the first comercialy sucsessful RPG. Please provide the following information,
1) Who wrote it?
2) When was it first released?
3) Which company published it? full name prefferably
4) Which company first released it in the UK
5) What game was it based on?
6) Including Advanced Dungeons & Dragons but not the 'Rules Cyclopaedia' or the introductory 'Adventure Game' or 'First Quest', How many different versions have been released?
7) What was the first expansion called?
8) Which company now produces it?
9) I cant think of a ninth question which isn't excessively obscure
10) or a tenth


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Post 106

SuperMoo: Now With Even More Online-ness

oooh oooh...
9)Who came up with the idea
10)What's the tenth question


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Post 107

SuperMoo: Now With Even More Online-ness

1) Who wrote it?
Gary Gygax

2) When was it first released?
1969 - Chainmail
1973-4 - D&D White Box Set (first seperate D&D printing)
1975 - Greyhawk is introduced
1977 - D&D Red Box Set
1978 - Advanced D&D 1st edition PHB (1979 - DMG)
1985 - AD&D Unearthed Arcana
1989 - AD&D Second Edition
1995 - AD&D Player's Options (Skills and Powers et al)
1997 - WOTC purchases D&D rights from TSR
2000 - D&D Third Edition
2003 - D&D 3.5

3) Which company published it? full name prefferably
Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association

4) Which company first released it in the UK
DnD

5) What game was it based on?
A pincil and paper game is what I here...

6) Including Advanced Dungeons & Dragons but not the 'Rules Cyclopaedia' or the introductory 'Adventure Game' or 'First Quest', How many different versions have been released?
7 I believe

7) What was the first expansion called?
Greyhawk is introduced

8) Which company now produces it?
Wizards of the Coast


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Post 108

SuperMoo: Now With Even More Online-ness

did I get it...did I...did I...did I...if the game origin isn't right then I'd have to say Warhammer 40000


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Post 109

T.B. Falsename ACE: [stercus venio] I have learned from my mistakes, and feel I could repeat them exactly.

nope, so cheating didn't help, did it smiley - cross Firstly, question 2, When was it /first/ released, not when were half of the differnt versions and supliments released, but overall I'll give you 4, although If I was being lenient I'd probably give you more, but I'm not because you had the bare faced cheek to ask in the h2g2 RPG soc


smiley - cheers


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Post 110

SuperMoo: Now With Even More Online-ness

...I thought I did pretty good for having almost no clue of the game...the sad thing is I found all of the info on their site and on guide entries...didn't use anything anyone had told me...


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Post 111

Fish's Freak

Was it based on the Legend of Zelda games? Which was inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia books. Or I could be way off. smiley - erm


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Post 112

T.B. Falsename ACE: [stercus venio] I have learned from my mistakes, and feel I could repeat them exactly.

here's a hint, the game it was based on was another game previously published by the company. Oh and LoZ was released in 1986.

If people are really having difficulty with this I'll give some more clues. Supermoo was probably closer to being right than I indicated, but his asking the RPG group made me a lot stricter than I may have been


smiley - cheers


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Post 113

SuperMoo: Now With Even More Online-ness

I gave two guesses...hmmm...well the only other game that I /know/ was produced by Wizards of the Coast was pokemon...and that can't be it...and I've never heard of the original company...it took a lot of searching through the guide entries to find the name...I don't see how many people would know this stuff off the top of thier head...I mean I don't know when the Earth Worm Jim game for the computer was created or who thought it up......It wouldn't be Mech Warrior or G-nome...or umm...hmmm...umm...I can't think of anything else...

oh well...


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Post 114

Shagrath (Join the Metal Appreciators' Society @ A2556489)

Isn't this actually Contest the Seventh? I forgot to change the subject heading when I posted my question...


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Post 115

T.B. Falsename ACE: [stercus venio] I have learned from my mistakes, and feel I could repeat them exactly.

umm probably so I've changed the subject


smiley - cheers


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Post 116

Shagrath (Join the Metal Appreciators' Society @ A2556489)

Whatever works.


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Post 117

SuperMoo: Now With Even More Online-ness

Something tells me that I'm the one who started this craze of subtitles...


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Post 118

Fish's Freak

SuperMoo, you could guess again and see if you get it right this time. I'll bet you were mega close last time. smiley - winkeye


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Post 119

T.B. Falsename ACE: [stercus venio] I have learned from my mistakes, and feel I could repeat them exactly.

ok, I'll give you a break down of how close supermoo was.

1) only half right

2) I only wanted one year, that is, I wanted the year that D&D first appeared, here's a clue, they are celebrating an aniversary this year.

3) kind of, although the company should be known by another name. It consists of three words, you may be able to work it out from this answer and one of the events listed in the answer given to question 2)

4) Nope, the company started in a london flat. It was started by three guys, two of which went on to write adventure game books and now both work for computer game companies.

5) you've already mentioned it.

6) yup, or 8 if you include Dragon Quest, 9 with Dragon Strike, 10 if you count the Dragonlance boardgame and so on, but I really wanted either 7 or 8. Dragon Quest was a DnD set, but it was a heeavily modified/slimmed down version of the game

7) yup, Greyhawk was the first expansion, which allowed miniature use and for wargames to be fought.

8) WoTC it is.

so if people can answer the rest of the questions, but give supermoo a chance i.e. wait till tomorrow to answer, then the first person to give me the correct answers to all the questions wins


smiley - cheers

PS Bonus points to anyone who can tell me how many different versions I've got


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Post 120

SuperMoo: Now With Even More Online-ness

can I answer now or should I wait until tommarow...?


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