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Our Let’s Read of the original 1974 edition of D&D continues as we open the eldritch tome of Volume 2: Monsters & Treasure. Topics covered in this video include:

  • How did D&D transform our understanding of fantasy?
  • What were the original three Tiers of play in D&D?
  • Why do cloud giants have a keen sense of smell?
  • Why are Arneson & Gygax directly responsible for the Twilight novels?

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Our Let’s Read of the original 1974 edition of D&D continues as we delve deeper into Volume 1: Men & Magic. Topics covered in this video include:

  • Spellcasting
  • Turning undead
  • Six levels of magic-user spells
  • Five levels of cleric spells

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Our Let’s Read of the original 1974 edition of D&D continues as we delve deeper into Volume 1: Men & Magic. Topics covered in this video include:

  • Hirelings, hirelings, hirelings
  • Equipment lists and emergent play
  • Doing Damage (and how much, exactly?)
  • Level Titles vs. Numbers
  • The nature of saving throws

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Let’s Read D&D 1974

April 13th, 2022

The Alexandrian’s newest video is the first part of a cover-to-cover Let’s Read of the 1974 Edition of D&D.

I find that a lot of Let’s Reads are basically just, “Hey! Look! There are words on the page!” Personally, I don’t find these particularly valuable because… well, I can just read it myself. My goal with this Let’s Read was to really dive into the history of D&D — not just how it came to be, but also how it was played and how that play evolved over time.

OD&D thus becomes a lens through which we can learn far more than just what’s on the page.

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