Original D&D art from 1974

"Something Awful's Steve and Zack have an excruciating look at the artwork and rules from the original, 1974 version of Dungeons and Dragons, which appears to have been drawn by a hyperactive 12-year-old during an extremely boring math class. I remember seeing these not long after getting my first set of the AD&D hardcovers and thinking that they looked intriguing, if a little thin. I also produced an enormous amount of artwork that looked like this for the dungeons I created."

Original D&D art from 1974: our craptastic nerd origins - Boing Boing

Ultimate D&D-playing dungeon.

Ultimate D&D-playing dungeon. And I do mean "ultimate." - Boing Boing

"The Burntwire Brothers spent two years building a custom D&D room in their house. It includes a rack of swords, medieval chandeliers on dimmers controlled by the dungeon-master, as well as hidden strobes and fog machines. It also has every... game ever published, by appearances. And skulls. Iron-bound doors. You get the picture. Give these chaps the Happy Mutant of the Year award."

xkcd: Sex Dice (Funny!)

http://xkcd.com/708/

I have D&D on the Surface | CNET

From Keep your 20-sided dice, I have D&D on the Surface | Crave - CNET:

"The Surface did indeed live up to its potential as a gaming platform. There are no cumbersome character sheets with stats, abilities, and so forth; all that stuff is handled in the game's brain so you're free to shoot magic missiles at orcs."

Playing D&D Makes You A Better Author

How Playing Dungeons & Dragons Makes You A Better Author - Jay Lake - io9

"If you spent hundreds of hours playing Dungeons & Dragons in your youth, it turns out that time wasn't wasted. Three successful authors tell Suvudu that D&D gave them the experience points to write decent novels and stories."

A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Ad

From The Retroist, Feb. 17, 2010:

I really liked these D&D Catalog offer ads from back in the day. They gave me insight as to how others played D&D. Who puts goblins to sleep and moves on? Everyone knows you need to put them to the sword once they are down. Then you take their measly copper and buy some cheap ale.

Intellivision's AD&D "Treasure of Tarmin"

From The Retroist, Feb. 25, 2010:


Treasure of Tarmin is different from most games of its era because it had first-person view, giving it a three-dimensional feel. It is a shame that we had the video game crash in 1983, this game came out right before it and showed us a glimpse of the future of console RPG games.

Dungeons & Dragon’s Dice Wedding Cake

Dungeons & Dragon’s Dice Wedding Cake - The Retroist

"You just know you are in for a geeky good time when you show up at a wedding and the cake is in the shape of RPG dice. Jim and Dawn’s wedding looks amazing. Gaming during the reception and a couples vow “to only plot your destruction while gaming?” If only every wedding was this awesome."