D&D 50th Anniversary in '24

[leg1on]

Hi All,

I'm back with this two parter again:

1) Does anyone know the date -- to the day -- of the release and sale of the first copies of D&D in '74?

2) Do you have any plans to celebrate same?

Thanks,

Legion

[Zenopus]

Regarding (1), increment gives the best answer on his blog here, where he concludes:

For all the reasons listed above, it's probably impossible to narrow in on one date and say with any certainty that this is when the game was released. But if we need to celebrate somewhere in the neighborhood of late January, then the last Sunday of the month (this year, the 26th) seems like the best candidate. As the El Conquistador advertisement above notes, Sunday was the day when Gary invited the world to drop by his house, at 1:30 PM, to have a first experience of Dungeons & Dragons. Since it's a weekend, many of us can clear our schedules to revisit some classic tabletop. So this coming January 26th, 2014, do take the time to celebrate the birth of Dungeons & Dragons and role-playing games.

See also his follow-up post, 5 years later, here.

Regarding (2), none yet!

[leg1on]

Thanks Zenopus!

I’d forgotten about that second post.

Last half of Jan it is!

[Finarvyn]

I'm sure I will celebrate D&D's 50th, but I'm not sure if it will be OD&D or the One D&D (in whatever form we get by 2024). I will probably run some games at my local store in honor of the anniversary, and of course something for my home game.

[bobjester0e]

What a nice birthday present! I turned 7 on that very day!

[bobjester0e]

Sept 30, 2022 22:47:35 GMT -6 Finarvyn said:

I'm sure I will celebrate D&D's 50th, but I'm not sure if it will be OD&D or the One D&D (in whatever form we get by 2024). I will probably run some games at my local store in honor of the anniversary, and of course something for my home game.

I won't be running one d&d, but probably many: 0e/Holmes, 1e, BX, DCC or 5e!

[Deleted]

So is this board doing anything to celebrate OD&D 50th Anniversary? Given that this is the premier OD&D board, if it is not celebrated here, where would it be celebrated? With 14 months to go, seems like a whole month of stuff could be planned for the board for Jan '24.

[Deleted]

ODDCON when?

[Starbeard]

I don't have any plans yet, but I did make sure to schedule myself free for the last Sunday of January. I will do something.

[lige]

I'll have to do something - later in the year is my own 50 year celebration.

[Starbeard]

Oct 28, 2022 18:08:59 GMT -6 lige said:

I'll have to do something - later in the year is my own 50 year celebration.

You should run a 1974 D&D game set in 1974 on the day of your birth, in your hometown. I have no idea what the scenario could possibly be but it would make a cool complete circle.

[doublejig2]

My group's going to play through AD&D 1e, Myria Dia campaign!

[lige]

Oct 28, 2022 21:29:59 GMT -6 Starbeard said:

Oct 28, 2022 18:08:59 GMT -6 lige said:

I'll have to do something - later in the year is my own 50 year celebration.

You should run a 1974 D&D game set in 1974 on the day of your birth, in your hometown. I have no idea what the scenario could possibly be but it would make a cool complete circle.

That's an interesting idea! I'll have to start thinking about it.