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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 7:20 pm

To honor the 42nd anniversary of the release of D&D, and as a potential aid to collectors and students of the hobby, stratochamp and I put together a video about the earliest printings of D&D. We thought it might be of interest here.

Playing at the World Episode #1: Original D&D - YouTube

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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 7:57 pm

Fantastic video, and extremely informative. Very well put together - thank you!

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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 8:56 pm

Nice video, but what happened to the no touching rule?

Fewer glitches that any others online (finished printing OCEs in 1976?, etc.); hope that gets plenty viewing & interest.

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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 9:19 pm

faro wrote in a video about OD&D:Fewer glitches that any others online

Just so we set the record straight, what glitches did you spot?

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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 9:30 pm

Very nice video. Looking forward to more.

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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 9:43 pm

Nice job!

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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 10:01 pm

Thanks for sharing! I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 10:04 pm

Nicely done, informative and I like the printing anecdotes and such. I also like seeing the enthusiasm you both have for discussing this topic. Looking forward to seeing the next ones in the series when you do them!

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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 10:34 pm

Been trying to get Bill to do a video on his collection for ages;)

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Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 2:53 am

increment wrote in a video about OD&D:To honor the 42nd anniversary of the release of D&D, and as a potential aid to collectors and students of the hobby, stratochamp and I put together a video about the earliest printings of D&D. We thought it might be of interest here.

Playing at the World Episode #1: Original D&D - YouTube

Very Cool! Excellent job to both!

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Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 8:05 am

Finally got to see the entire video. Well done.

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Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2016 9:28 pm

dbartman wrote in a video about OD&D:Finally got to see the entire video. Well done.

Agreed! Good job!
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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 1:30 pm

+1000

Well done, Jon and Bill!

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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 3:58 pm

I've know Bill for a while now, and his love of the game and its history is well-known amongst US at least.

If you hadn't heard, he's done a public presentation twice now, at NTRPG.

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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 6:38 pm

Nicely done, and great meeting you in Utah.

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Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 11:08 pm

Great work, as always, Jon and Bill

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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2016 8:49 am

Nice work!

But I think you should send the materials shown in the video to a trusted Acaeum member not involved with the video, so we can verify their authenticity.

I graciously volunteer.

Of course, they'll be returned. *ahem* Eventually.....

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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2016 1:40 pm

Really interesting. Well done!

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