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  This is the introduction to the original Gamma World setting by Tom Wham and Timothy Jones. It was released by TSR in 1978 .  INTRODUCTION Man, from Australopithecus africanus and homo erectus erectus to homo sapiens recens, may have existed on earth for hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of years. During this time, one skill, one particular talent has set him apart from every other creature — his ability to conceive and create tools. Indeed, man has been defined as the "tool-making animal." From chipped rocks and polished bones to neutron bombs and computers, man has constantly been redesigning, improving, and refining his tools to meet his ever-changing needs. Some have been toys for children. Some have improved his life style. Others have been necessary for his survival. A few have nearly caused his extinction. Early in the 24th century, mankind's existence was unparalleled. The rape of the earth's beauty and resources in the late 20th and ear...

   By Kevin Curtin I want to take a moment to remember one of the people that had a great and positive impact on my life by wishing a very Happy Birthday to Ernest Gary Gygax. Gary would have been 84 on July 27, 2022, if we did not lose him way to soon on March 4, 2008, at the young age of 69.   I consider Gary as an almost mythological figure and regret I never had the chance to meet him. I love reading his old posts on Dragonsfoot and seeing "Gamer Gary" in his full glory, dispensing wisdom and positively brimming with enthusiasm for a game he brought into the world almost 50-years ago. We only had glimpses of "Gamer Gary" in The Dragon magazine and other periodicals. It was usual "Corporate Gary" speaking in those articles and well, he was just not as much fun as "Gamer Gary".   A little history. On July 27, 1938, Ernest Gary Gygax was born in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.  As we all know he went by his middle name, Gary, given to h...

  By Linda Curtin For International Women's Month I wanted to introduce you to one of the earliest female influences on Role-playing games. Darlene the Artist. I started playing Advanced Dungeons & Dragons regularly in 1982. Having heard some real horror stories about men gatekeeping the hobby and refusing to allow a female human at the table, I count myself extremely lucky that I played with men who wanted to have fun, and didn't restrict who could play. I seemed to be a bit of a novelty at my FLGS, the guys there would trip over each other to show me the latest female minis, and the pink and purple dice (I do have other colors, but at the time any other colors tended to end up in someone else's bag, I didn't have to keep an eye on the pink or purple ones). I did notice that it seemed that all of the authors and artists seemed to be men. The cover of Eldritch Wizardry was done by Deborah Larson, but there is no credit in the book, and she didn't d...

   By Linda Curtin I've always really enjoyed the art on the covers of Dragon Magazines. I was trying to decide which one was my favorite, and realized that it was whichever one is in front of me at the moment (I feel the same way about pie, some decisions are just too hard). O Today I'd like to talk about Jack Crane. He was responsible for at least four funny or whimsical covers. These are quite different from most of the other covers, cartoon like and fun. O According to his website : "After exploring a broad range of dramatically different professions ... ranging from first studying as a biology major at Eastern University, then as an intelligence analyst in the USAF Security Service, and finally as a technical engineer in Westinghouse Electric's Power Generation Division ... I ultimately found my way to Philadelphia College of Art, where I majored in Illustration and finally recognized and fulfilled my love of art as a successful and accomplished bo...

 By Kevin Curtin Thank you so much for dropping in to our corner of the internet. We truly appreciate it. We hope you find treasures from the earliest days of this whole phenomenon known as Tabletop Role Playing Games in our store. If you don't see something you're looking for at deigames.com, please check our Etsy Shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/DEIGames or shoot us an email. We're always happy to hear from a gamer!  Here on our blog we will share various experiences we've had over the years as we pursued our RPG obsession. Don't expect any deep insight or revelations from us. That's other folks job. We just love playing RPG games and will share our enthusiasm for it with you. If you're looking for "deep thoughts" on gaming, here are some great blogs that will provide insight into tabletop roleplaying games. Grognardia by James Maliszewski http://grognardia.blogspot.com/ Grumpy Wizard by Travis Miller https://grumpywizard.home.blog/ ...