Chainmail (game)
| Chainmail Rules for medieval miniatures |
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 Lettering of the game Chainmail |
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| Game data | |
| author |
Gary Gygax , Jeff Perren |
| graphic | Don Lowry |
| publishing company |
Guidon Games TSR, Inc. |
| Publishing year | 1971-1985 |
| Art | Fantasy tabletop |
| Teammates | 2 to 10 |
| Duration | 1 to 6 hours |
| Age | from 12 years |
Chain mail (. English Chain Armor ) was a fantasy - tabletop game, the first at 1971 Guidon Games appeared and later of TSR was issued.
Chainmail is known as the predecessor of the most popular pen and paper role-playing game , Dungeons and Dragons . It was invented by Jeff Perren and Gary Gygax . The first edition, produced in 1971, is considered to be one of the first sets of rules for fantasy fights. Although it primarily a control system for battles with miniatures was created the Fantasy Supplement of chain mail , the role-playing as a new form of social game .
Versions
Between 1971 and 1985, Chainmail appeared in 3 rule editions with different editions:
1st Edition (Guidon Games)
- 1st edition (1971)
2nd Edition (Guidon Games)
- 1st – 2nd Ed. (1972)
3rd Edition (TSR)
- 1st – 2nd Ed. (1975)
- 3rd edition (1976)
- 4th edition (1977)
- 5th-6th Edition (1978)
- 7th-8th Ed. (1979)
- unv. new edition (until 1985)
Further development
In 1974 TSR published the first version of the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons , which is essentially a further development of Chainmail , but did not replace it as a game.
As a tabletop rule system for fantasy battles, Chainmail continued to be sold until 1985 (most recently in the form of photocopies of the 8th edition), but in the same year it was finally replaced by the game Battlesystem (TSR).
Web links
- Chainmail info page on acaeum.com.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chainmail. In: acaeum.com. Retrieved December 30, 2016 .