I’ve been reading the prerelease PDFs of Designers & Dragons by Shannon Appelcline, which tells the story of the roleplaying game industry from the 1970s through today. It consists of four books and it’s really great. Shannon is a talented writer and he’s pulled together an immense amount of history, anecdote, personalities, and data. He’s done brilliant work here, invaluable work, and I recommend these books to anyone interested in the history of this hobby.
If there's one thing that the "old school" revolution has taught us, it's that history is important to us as gamers. Our roots matter. But how much do we actually know — or remember — of the orig…