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Happy 40th Dungeons and Dragons, Labyrinth Lord. Knight Chills, and the Gamers triology

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Happy 40th Dungeons and Dragons, Labyrinth Lord. Knight Chills, and the Gamers triology David A. Trampier's iconic artwork for the first AD&D players handbook 2014 is the forty year anniversary of the iconic table top role playing game Dungeons and Dragons.  Originally created as a role playing supplement to his miniature war campaign game, Gygax's creation would become a juggernaut that would become a part of the pop culture.  Dungeons and Dragons complex rules of combat and role playing also became a lightning rod for people convinced that the game was occult in origin and was satanic.  It also paved the way for computer games, and eventually was influential in other areas...roleplaying is now a well known tool for character reaction from the corporate to the scientific to possible intelligence operations. the medieval miniature game that would eventually morph into dungeons and dragons Gary Gygax had several cameos on the animated show Futurama The