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Post by legopaidi on Feb 14, 2013 12:13:18 GMT -6
Well, it's not a complete history per se, and it's in Greek (what little text there is) but I think some people will like this The inspiration was drawn by my excitement of waiting for the DD box! If you find any blatant omissions/mistakes please tell me about it I have not yet "featured" the article in our site (I'll probably do it on Monday) so any help will be graciously accepted ;D (eg. better pictures for some boxes ?) Τα Μαγικά Κουτάκια! (THE BOX IS BACK) (the magical little boxes!) labyrinthos.info/rpg/dnd/diafora/item/233-ta-magika-koutakia.htmlOh, and it's core rule sets only in case you can't read Greek!  |
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Post by kesher on Feb 14, 2013 14:30:36 GMT -6
Whoa!That's quite a presentation! I like the open leatherman casually laying next to the DD box...  |
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Post by legopaidi on Feb 14, 2013 14:55:33 GMT -6
It's not my picture of DD (I am still waiting for my set). But I stole it from someone who frequents these boards I'm happy you liked my effort! If only this was my REAL collection!  |
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Post by increment on Feb 14, 2013 14:59:55 GMT -6
I might start out with the Guidon Tractics boxed set next to its three pamphlets and reference sheets, just to illustrate that Gary Gygax had already published a "three booklets in a little box" game before D&D.
Intriguingly, though, I'm not sure there's anything relevant before Tractics that was in this sense a boxed set. Earlier games that came in boxes had boards; I can't think of any miniature wargaming rules that came in a box...
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Post by legopaidi on Feb 14, 2013 15:40:26 GMT -6
Well, I thought I'd keep it it in a rpg-level only because the site is mainly rpg-based and I have little to no experience with wargames/ miniature wargaming
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Post by Sean Michael Kelly on Feb 14, 2013 16:11:34 GMT -6
I like the open leatherman casually laying next to the DD box... That's no Leatherman, that's a Gerber Multi-tool! :-) |
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Post by increment on Feb 14, 2013 16:56:40 GMT -6
Well, I thought I'd keep it it in a rpg-level only because the site is mainly rpg-based and I have little to no experience with wargames/ miniature wargaming Sure, it was a wargame, but D&D was marketed as a wargame on its first cover too, don't forget - as far as Gary & Dave knew at the time, it was a wargame, not an RPG. The fact that Tractics was co-authored and edited by Gary Gygax means that the OD&D boxed set is clearly modeled on the three-booklet style of Guidon Tractics. This seems like a pretty important piece of data about why we have boxed sets. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2013 20:20:36 GMT -6
Well, I thought I'd keep it it in a rpg-level only because the site is mainly rpg-based and I have little to no experience with wargames/ miniature wargaming Sure, it was a wargame, but D&D was marketed as a wargame on its first cover too, don't forget - as far as Gary & Dave knew at the time, it was a wargame, not an RPG. The fact that Tractics was co-authored and edited by Gary Gygax means that the OD&D boxed set is clearly modeled on the three-booklet style of Guidon Tractics. This seems like a pretty important piece of data about why we have boxed sets. Gygax even played them (Tractics and D&D) simultaneously in a crossover scenario, and published the results in the Strategic Review. (The Strategic Review, Issue #5 - Dec 1975, pp 3-6; "Sturmgeschutz and Sorcery") |
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Post by rsdean on Feb 20, 2013 20:02:10 GMT -6
Intriguingly, though, I'm not sure there's anything relevant before Tractics that was in this sense a boxed set. Earlier games that came in boxes had boards; I can't think of any miniature wargaming rules that came in a box... Well, although marketed as a board game, Avalon Hill's Jutland didn't use a board or grid for the tactical level, but did use ship counters in lieu of miniatures and measuring sticks. It was, functionally, a naval miniatures game in a box. |
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