No wonder we can't find a copy of early D&D--this guy is hoarding them all!

I am so bummed that you only have three videos on your channel, it's just so great seeing the history of D&D. Fingers are crossed that The Great Kingdom will some day get released.

Great video! It is nice to see all the versions in one place for comparison. When I was a kid I saw the Holmes edition on display at a local toy store and really wanted it. I never got the money to buy it. I loved looking at that cover art. I have been able to read it since then but I still don’t have a copy. It is funny how us kids talked about Gary Gygax all the time at school, but I never played a real game. We would role play at recess with no dice or books. We lived in a poor area.

When I saw that WALL OF RPGs I drooled all over myself. hehe. :) I have never seen an original D&D boxed set. Maybe one day I'll own one, even if it is just the reprint that WOTC put out.

This is an amazing lesson in the history of an amazing hobby.

Wow. As an aspiring game collector with too little funding, I am just glad to even see such things in video. I look forward to future instalments.

Big fan of the website. Didn’t know about the channel. Bravo.

Love this series! You are an incredible gaming historian!

We need more videos!

I am so glad I discovered this channel!

This is great stuff you got going on here, love learning about the history of D&D ,please make more videos on this subject and soon too, thanx .....

Excellent and informative video

Wow! SO many Woodgrain and Whiteboxes :O I'm struck with awe!

Great video, I loved the book and have read it a couple of times. I hope you keep making videos!

Seems a promising start---here's to hoping to see some ancient Tekumel wranglings as one of the eldest peers of them all.

Really enjoyed this video. I'd love to tour his collection. It looks amazing. Thanks for posting.

Go! Looking forward to more episodes...thank you.

Fantastic! Looking forward to the next video, thank you for sharing...

Awesome job! Thank you for writing the book!

Great stuff... Can't wait for more...

Dat collection doe 😗😯😮😧😨😱😱😱

WOW!!! Who's museum is that? I almost fell out of my chair when I saw so many copies of the wood grain OD&D boxes together. Amazing!!

Kewl stuff, but I am really interested how the rules of D&D changed and developed over the years and why, what were the influences etc etc. Good beginning. Cheers from ENB's channel!

Great work and research. Keep it up!

Wow I am lucky that I got my copies early but I only have one woodgrain box but 1st - 4th printing of each booklet. I started collecting in 1975.

This is so fucking good! I wish there is much more. There is a real market for well made videos about D&D history.

Good stuff. Love your work.

Your videos are incredible!! Only problem you only did three. :-( Everyone that does KZfaq TTRPG history videos is hugely indebted to you and Shannon Applecline -- the TWO master TTRPGs historians -- Read "Playing at the World" cover to cover, and Chapters 1 and 5 twice. Loved it!! When are you doing a reprint -- please do a reprint! :-)

Man still waiting on the sequel

Awesome shirt!

More please.

"They were being cobbled together by the Gygax family." Cobbled..inadvertent pun due to Gygax working with shoes at the time to support his family?

Interesting video. Please post more on how the game developed.

Nice video. I got the sixth print rerelease OD&D PDFs on DriveThruRPG last night just to see what it was like. It's interesting how far RPGs have come since their humble origins.

love it!!

ENB sent me here!

1:32 - Now that's a money shot! $10-20k worth right there.

I'd love to have old dnd books physical, especially the BECMI books, but I don't want them enough to pay the ebay prices for used copies.

My experience of original dungeons & dragons was quite different from what I hear from others, especially from the grognards who talk about playing with "Gary," etc. What we got from those early rules was the concept of a roleplaying game. Beyond that, only one of the DMs I played with played Rules as Written. We all called our games "D&D" because that was the only name we knew for roleplaying but my game, for instance, never gave more HP for going up levels and that meant that I had to make many more changes.

WOW, your channel is great, I have watched all your videos so far and am subscribing. now if you could just give me your addresses so I could send my Rouge over to... Just kidding, what a great collection you guys have and keepers of history.

Came here from ENBs channel subscribed for nowwww

Please reprint your book Jon! The inflated prices of the first printing say it's time. I read it thru my local library and now even that copy has been swiped. I need one on my shelf!

Jon, here is a related video straight from the proverbial horse's mouth with Tim Kask telling hwo they used to take care of storing the bits and assembly of the products as orders came in. Starts around at 51:50 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iN17rdekvdfZn4E.html

When's the next one due out

What is the name of the castle model displayed at 0:11. I had that as a kid and have always wanted to know what it was.

Jon, where I can buy or download pdf of your excellent book "Playing at the world". Amazon and abebooks want more than $300 now..

This channel does not have many vids ☹️

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FANTASTIC collection and information but desperately need a new interviewer!!

I seriously want to give you a makeover.