Reddit reviews Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It

You're a good friend! Here are some ideas for you that could fit a variety of budgets:

• Nifty gamer t-shirts at Armor Class 10
  
  
• Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It
  
  
• The original D&D animated series on DVD
  
  
• The Dragonlance series of novels, starting here. These are very popular. If your friend hasn't tried D&D fiction yet, it's a good place to start.
  
  
• Really nice premium Original D&D boxed set. This one's harder to find, but a great collectible if your friend is interested in the game as it originally appeared. It comes in a sweet engraved wooden box and a set of dice as well and includes reprints of seven of the original books:
  Volume 1: Men & Magic
  Volume 2: Monsters & Treasure
  Volume 3: Underworld & Wilderness Adventures
  Supplement I: Greyhawk
  Supplement II: Blackmoor
  Supplement III: Eldritch Wizardry
  Supplement IV: Gods, Demi-Gods & Heroes
  
  
• Premium versions of AD&D sourcebooks. These were released a couple of years ago but you can still find them. Really nice and again a good look at the game as it was.
  
  I hope this helps. Of course peeps also recommended great dice bags and dice, etc. It depends on your friend and his taste. Good luck!
  
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Favorite board games are Dungeon!, Axis and Allies, Settlers of Catan, Carcassone, Ticket to Ride, Scrabble and Shadows over Camelot. I also recently finished playtesting a couple dozen games for this weekend's Boston Festival of Indie Games, and discovered some great new titles; if anyone's in the area they should go to the show and play!

My favorite D&D character has to be Weslocke, the human cleric I play during the memoir sections of Of Dice and Men, for obvious reasons. But if I have to choose a character aside from him, it might be Sir Howland the Wolf Knight, which I designed when I was about ten years old, and is the most ridiculous example of a Monty Haul character imaginable.

Of dice and men is a good one. Here is a amazon link : https://www.amazon.com/Dice-Men-Dungeons-Dragons-People/dp/145164051X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539740791&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=of+dice+and+men&dpPl=1&dpID=51lT3P8oM6L&ref=plSrch

For anyone who hasn't read it, I highly suggest that you check out [Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who Play It] (http://www.amazon.com/Dice-Men-Dungeons-Dragons-People/dp/145164051X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425402526&sr=8-1&keywords=of+dice+and+men).

It's great!

Someone else has suggested Playing at the World. However, you should be warned that its very detailed and quite long. If you want a lighter history, I'd suggest Of Dice & Men. Also, a biography of Gary Gygax called Empire of Imagination came out recently. I haven't read it yet, so I can't give an opinion on it.

Your podcast sounds fun! I love watching (listening?) to newbies playing for the first time!

“Of Dice and Men” is the name of a book about the history of D&D. It’s a pretty great read and runs through a brief history of gaming in general before getting into the story of war gaming in the 60s and how Gygax met Arneson. I highly recommend it!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/145164051X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_FmybBbFXMM83Z