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Subject: First Fantasy Campaign Day
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:30:40 +0200
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lkh pointed this out on a different channel, but April 17 is the 
anniversary of the start of the first fantasy campaign:

‘There will be a medieval “Braunstein” April 17, 1971 at the home of 
David Arneson from 1300 hrs to 2400 hrs with refreshments being 
available on the usual basis…. It will feature mythical creatures and a 
Poker game under the Troll’s bridge between sunup and sundown’
—Peterson, Jon, “Playing at the World”

of course how much of that already was similar to Dungeons and Dragons 
as it was established later might be up for debate. The game was 
advertised as a Braunstein, which was a format that Dave Wesely came up 
with in which players took over roles in a town and tried to further 
their own agendas (as a prelude to a larger battle, but that one seems 
to have fallen to the wayside in the end)