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\"First<\/a>
Cover of the first edition of Chainmail, with art by Don Lowry
Source: Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dungeons and Dragons<\/em> – and thus the entire RPG hobby – has its roots\u00a0in historical miniature wargames. In fact, until Advanced Dungeons and Dragons<\/em>, D&D rules referenced Chainmail <\/em> and\u00a0strongly suggested the DM have a copy.\u00a0Way back in 1968, a guy named Gary Gygax attended the first Lake Geneva Wargames Convention (something familiar about the name?) and watched a session of Henry Bodenstedt’s\u00a0Siege of Bodenburg<\/em>, an early medieval minis wargame – and became an enthusiast of the hobby. Paralleling the experiences of many current game developers and writers, Gygax turned pro. By 1970, he was creating wargames for Guidon Games. Guidon’s first products in 1971 included first edition Chainmail<\/em> by Gary Gygax and Jeff Perren, based on Gygax’s articles for several wargaming magazines.<\/p>\n

Yes, in\u00a0Chainmail<\/em>\u00a0you can find the origins of some D&D mechanics. There was a “Dungeon Master” of sorts in Chainmail<\/em>‘s castle siege mechanics.\u00a0An impartial referee was needed for scenarios involving underground mining and countermining operations. My husband, Mark, says this “DM” was used for any type of what he calls “fog of war” situations; that is, where “one side doesn’t know what the other is doing.” Appendix B, tables to be used with the “Man-to-Man Combat”\u00a0chapter, look\u00a0familiar to many “old school” D&D players (which includes me, since I got into RPGs with AD&D). The 8 types of armor (non-horse) in the Man-to-Man Melee Table are very close to those in original D&D and AD&D (No Armor, Leather\/Padded, Shield…Plate Armor and Shield). In fact, the Individual Fires With Missiles Table is labeled along the top, “Class of armor worn by defender.”<\/p>\n

Gygax wanted the flavors of both Howard’s Conan the Barbarian and Tolkien’s Middle Earth. This lead to the last, and last-written part of the rules, called the “Fantasy Supplement.” In addition to organization and equipment tables based on real history and artifacts,\u00a0Chainmail\u00a0<\/em>included the\u00a0“Fantasy Supplement” so that players wanting to change up their sessions could do battle with fantasy archetypes and monsters, including heroes and magic swords, spell-wielding wizards and, of course, dragons. Speaking of spells, the 16 spells and two types of (magic) missiles available to wizards are all familiar to D&D players – Cloudkill, Phantasmal Force, Fireball (missile), Protection from Evil, etc.). But there were no giants or magic armor until second edition.<\/p>\n

In spite of the “Fantasy Supplement,”\u00a0Chainmail\u00a0<\/em>is a tactical level simulation wargame even when using the Fantasy options. Even the\u00a0“Man-to-Man Combat” mechanics use a\u00a0figure:men ratio greater than 1:1 (meaning each miniature represents more than one combatant, usually 20 in Chainmail<\/em>). So, according to Mark, the\u00a0Chainmail<\/em>\u00a0game play experience is much more like playing\u00a0Warhammer Fantasy Battles\u00a0<\/em>than playing D&D. So no roleplay as we think of it.<\/p>\n

Now the innovation that truly paved the way for RPGs was not one of Gygax’s creations. In traditional minis wargaming, one miniature represents multiple “men,” and Chainmail<\/em> was no exception, using a figures:men ratio of 1:20 for 25-40mm minis. Dave Arneson (sometimes spelled “Arnenson”) did Chainmail<\/em> games where each mini represented a single “Character.”<\/strong> Writing in Best of Dragon Volume<\/em> 1, Gygax describes playing in Arneson’s Chainmail<\/em> sessions and later receiving “18 or so pages of handwritten rules and notes” which would be incorporated into D&D.<\/p>\n

Order of the Stick<\/em> creator Rich Burlew charmingly (and no doubt very loosely) recounts this in his 2009 “Order of the Stick #644” tribute to Arneson, upon his passing, as:
\n“And the Creator of the Game looked down upon the troops and saw that they were fun but could be more fun.<\/em>
\n “He gathered his companions together and said ‘Lo, each of you shall command but one figure, which shall be called thy character…Look we’re not doing a big battle, OK? This is something new. Just–just trust me guys. It’ll be fun.’<\/em>
\n “…And it was fun.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes it was fun, we’re still having fun, and it all started with\u00a0Chainmail.<\/em><\/p>\n

Credit:<\/strong> Thanks to my husband, Mark Whitson, who has\u00a0Chainmail<\/em> and still speaks fondly of it. He told me about the\u00a0Chainmail <\/em>play experience, <\/em>provided most of the information on how close it was to D&D,\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0and clarified\/verified the information I found on it.<\/p>\n

References:\u00a0<\/strong>Chainmail<\/em>, first (Guidon Games) and third (TSR) editions (out of print)<\/p>\n

Chainmail (game) on Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n

D&D on Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n

“Discover Chainmail<\/em>, Gary Gygax’s Dungeons and Dragons<\/em> Prototype”<\/a><\/p>\n

Acaeum’s Chainmail<\/em> page<\/a><\/p>\n

Order of the Stick #644, copyright 2009, Rich Burlew<\/a><\/p>\n

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