I played my first D&D game in 1976, but did not explore the Chainmail supplement. In the mid-80's, I found a copy of Chainmail 3rd edition. Soon, we had a group of guys playing Chainmail every Wednesday night. Our armies were 25mm, and I often fielded an Ottoman Turk army. We had a blast for a year or so. Good games and good memories!
@sartanawillpay79776 ай бұрын
The troll at 11:20 is a converted 54mm Marx Indian figure from the Fort Apache playset. It was originally a "medicine man" dancing - but the gong in the left hand was removed, the rattle in the right made into a bone, the figures kilt-like clothing carved off and the buffalo hat horns removed. Then a nose and ears were added at it was painted black.
@sartanawillpay79776 ай бұрын
at 8:13 there are more Marx Indian figures that were converted into monsters -these from the figure with the tomahawk raised and the "mohawk" hair.
@Dr.Quarex3 жыл бұрын
It is interesting to think about how if Jeff Perren had actually liked fantasy gaming that he could have ended up a third name alongside Gygax and Arneson, considering how important he was to the groundwork of Dungeons & Dragons. I sort of understood this after reading Playing at the World, but this video really drove that point home.
@awestphal15923 жыл бұрын
Seems like there is an issue with the audio between 7:10 and 9:23. Otherwise great video!
@aWOLtrooper3 жыл бұрын
Same here, totally dead
@joeybuddy962 жыл бұрын
Maybe it got muted for copyright.
@boggs9852 Жыл бұрын
I thought I was going mad
@max475011 ай бұрын
Ok I thought I was going crazy there too
@mikec6111Ай бұрын
Thanks for the time stamps.
@jasoncarpenter5974 Жыл бұрын
I’m sad it loses audio.
@SEGAClownboss3 жыл бұрын
This was immaculately well-researched to the point I'm sad that there will be crowds who see it and just not get it. Thank you for putting this together. I'm actually going to save a copy of this video for my hard drive. Documentary on Gary's Castle Greyhawk sometime, perhaps?
@liberalhyena97607 ай бұрын
I’ve learned quite a bit from this video, including why the name Chainmail was chosen, if only subconsciously: GG was a chain smoker.
@rdmsh8 ай бұрын
Anyone else the sound drops out at 7:07?
@WizardOfAtlantis3 жыл бұрын
"At last some FUN for the war gamer!" Wow, that really puts a lot into perspective.
@MoonwalkerWorshiper2 жыл бұрын
Boys want to use their imagination, not just simulate a scenario.
@pendantblade63613 жыл бұрын
Now this is a quality documentary!
@max475011 ай бұрын
This is amazingly researched and produced. Shocked to only 6.8k views. Expected easily 10x that number if not more
@MrLuchenkov3 жыл бұрын
Nice to see the recognition to Dave Arneson's Blackmoor, in my opinion truly the very first roleplaying game as we know it and the ancestor to our beloved Dungeons & Dragons.
@chrisbarker80263 жыл бұрын
If you are interested, check the documentary Secrets of Blackmoor which goes into detail on Arneson's work.
@ivandovranic58342 жыл бұрын
I agree. It is fair to say that this doc names D&D as the first world's *published* role-playing game. Blackmoor was clearly the first one be played though.
@oldschoolfrp23263 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video, so well researched, documented, and presented
@PhD77727 күн бұрын
Note: The photo at 21:38 is a Napoleonic game, not a fantasy/Chainmail game.
@davidbrown48493 жыл бұрын
A well-crafted history.
@cdk2968 Жыл бұрын
Very informative and well made documentary! Interesting for me to see that Germany, a complete wargaming backwater due to the (understandable) rejection of everything too miitaristic after 1945, has at least contributed to the birth of the hobby of fantasy gaming through Elastolin figures (and, of course, the ancient and medieval Ochel flats of Tony Bath's famous Hyboria campaign).
@funkaoshi3 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic. Good stuff.
@dtlarryjoe23 жыл бұрын
Great doc!
@osrgrimoire87793 жыл бұрын
Very nicely done!
@AndrewValkauskas3 жыл бұрын
I'll have to try it next year at GaryCon
@LindaTheGAMERGal3 жыл бұрын
This was cool to watch.
@eduardotello31233 жыл бұрын
A part of de audio is missing, from 7:07 to 9:23. Great video otherwise.
@GaryCon3 жыл бұрын
Argh. I don’t know if we have a back up.
@kelseysvenson8544 Жыл бұрын
Is it me, or is there sound missing?
@dungeonslayer46922 жыл бұрын
I just had wished our rules guy would've not been interested in talking to some guy for most of the game and never helped out to play the game. Set up late and just didn't seem to care at all.
@bugslayerprime7674 Жыл бұрын
Why does the audio cut out?
@justanotherguynamedHarry3 жыл бұрын
:)
@phyzix_phyzix3 жыл бұрын
So it sounds like Gygax just kept publishing other people's ideas and taking credit?
@PavelBerlin2 жыл бұрын
Ideas are cheap till there is someone who works really hard to get them into publish worthy shape.
@perplexedmoth Жыл бұрын
Yes, and others also took ideas from others if you dig deeper.