What is the history of the game now called AD&D?
HISTORY OF Dungeons & Dragons 1970-Dave Arneson creates a game that involves medieval adventurers exploring the dungeons of a besieged castle that houses fantastic monsters, including a menacing dragon. 1971-Gary Gygax plays Arneson’s game at Gen Con and develops supplemental rules, adding elves, dwarves, wizards, monsters, and other fantasy elements. Gygax suggests that he and Arneson work together to create a new set of rules for fantastic adventures-they call the game “The Fantasy Game.” 1974-After a couple of attempts to get “The Fantasy Game” published, Gygax and Arneson receive financing from Brian Blume to publish the game, now renamed the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) game. The game’s entire print run sells out in one year. 1975-Gygax and Blume pool their resources to create TSR Hobbies, Inc. TSR continues to publish the Dungeons & Dragons game and its supplements, as well as publish other roleplaying games. 1976-TSR begins hosting the Gen Con Game Fair, which features the first-eve
