D&D and Gender: 1998 vs 2014
I immediately started thumbing through the book... and for those who are familiar with the 2nd edition book published in 1995, there are basically no illustrations of women doing heroic things*.
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
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.
Player's Handbook
As the handbook was passed around, each person exclaimed reverent expletives toward the new class options.