num_pages: 32
description: The Dork Tower gang take a look at the early history of gaming, from binary lots used by prehistoric humans through the board games of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome and the arrival of card games in Europe. A hysterical historical issue that no gamer will want to miss, with interviews of the world's leading gaming scholars. Dr. Superhero Shrink, Lethargic Lad and an entire eight-page Kobolds Ate My Baby insert supplement!Dork Tower is for anybody who's ever played Dungeons and Dragons, who's ever gone to a Star Trek convention, anyone who suspects that anime is growing, or anyone who KNOWS one of these people. But it's really for people who know what saving rolls you need to make against a level III Demon, which Classic Trek episodes involved the Prime Directive (and who were the directors), and the names of six minor characters and a dog in the Bubblegum Crisis.
language: English
title: A Brief History of Gaming
titlecomplete: A Brief History of Gaming
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Dork Storm Press