that_ostrich

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Jon Peterson: the Indiana Jones of D&D.

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I loved your book! I appreciated the journalistic and detached tone of the work, but I was wondering if you'd be willing to share some more personal information about what D&D means to you. When did you first start playing and what were your early experiences with roleplaying like?

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Mr. Peterson covered his reasons for this here: http://playingattheworld.blogspot.com/2013/12/when-dungeons-dragons-turns-40.html

In short, the last Sunday in January of 1974 was when Gary Gygax invited people over to try out D&D for the first time, and it coincides with when the game was first made available for sale.

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I think it's interesting to hear a bit more about what inspired you to put together such a massive book, which is clearly a labor of love and no easy task. Especially when it's experiences that most of us here can closely identify with. Thanks for answering!

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Words can't describe how happy that makes me. Make sure to take Hovitos as one of your starter languages.