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Samwise on Gaming in the New York Times
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Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:09 am  
Samwise on Gaming in the New York Times

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Excerpted from NYT - Dungeon Masters in Cyberspace By SETH SCHIESEL

Three decades ago, when Mr. Gygax helped create the world's first role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons, advanced game technology meant the exotic 20-sided dice players roll to determine if their imaginary sword has skewered the orc or manticore they are confronting.
Traditional D&D is still around!

Sam Weiss, 41, from the Bronx, leaned over a few dice and the erasable grid on the table that players use to lay out combat scenarios with miniature figures. "Computer games are inherently limited because they only give you a set number of options," he said. "In a game like this, what we can do is limited only by our minds."


The rest of the article can be found here.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/27/arts/27drag.html?ex=1141707600&en=dcac6cffea5f7bb6&ei=5070&emc=eta1
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Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:58 am  

Cool excerpt! Happy
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Mon Mar 27, 2006 2:29 pm  

The Toronto Globe and Mail also picked up that article from the Times as well. This is all terrible news, as Sam's ego is already too large for this world. ;-)

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Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:08 pm  

For Maldin:

THHHHHHPPPPPTTTTT!!!!!

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