The Story of the First Role Playing Game (sort of)
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The Story of the First Role Playing Game (sort of)

From Ben Robbins:

No, Major Wesely wasn’t a Major back then. And no he wasn’t called a GM or a DM, because Game Masters or Dungeon Masters didn’t exist yet.
But a GM is exactly what he was — the very first GM
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The Blessing of Bad Ability Scores

Everyone wants a myrmidon, and not Jim GarbageWater the outcast elf who is weak, blind, and cannot walk over a mile without a 15 minute break to catch his breath.

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Player's Handbook

As the handbook was passed around, each person exclaimed reverent expletives toward the new class options.

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GM Toolbox: Improvisation Development

Little_Red_Fox on Everyone is John:
First off, let me say that, no matter how many podcasts or hours you have spent preparing, nothing and I mean nothing, can prepare you for the rocket powered monkey navigated sled that is, Everyone is John.
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