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Post Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:45 pm 
 

Check this out:

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Believe it or not, this is from 1957, predating my earliest piece by five years.  An incredible find!  For those of you interested in wargaming history, here's something cool:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~beattie/timeline2.html

Gygax, Perren, Chainmail and D&D are mentioned in the time line.


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Post Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:53 pm 
 

The link is dead!


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Post Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:57 pm 
 

Blackmoor wrote:The link is dead!

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~beattie/timeline2.html


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Post Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:57 pm 
 

Try it now.


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Post Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:08 pm 
 

tfm wrote:Try it now.


Working now


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