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Unreason Press, Box 90656, San Diego, CA 92109
© 2012 by Unreason Press LLC.
All rights reserved. Second printing, October 2013.
ISBN: 978-0-615-67460-5 (Kindle)
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CONTENTS
Figures
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Chapter One: A Prelude to Adventure (1964–1974)
1.1 The Rise of Wargaming Clubs
1.2 Miniature Wargaming
1.3 The Medieval Setting
1.4 The Castle & Crusade Society
1.5 Amateur Attempts and Guidon Games
1.6 Chainmail and Fantasy Wargaming
1.7 “Will Cooperate on Game Design”
1.8 The Fall of the IFW
1.9 The Return of the Referee
1.10 Blackmoor
1.11 The Fantasy Game
1.12 Startled by the New
Chapter Two: Setting—The Medieval Fantasy Genre
2.1 The Evolution of Fantasy
2.1.1 Fantasy as Popular Adventure Fiction
2.1.2 “Scientificition” and the Unscientific
2.1.3 Fantasy after the Pulps
2.2 War and its Opponents
2.3 The Influence of Tolkien
2.4 The Visitation Theme
2.5 On Dungeons and On Dragons
2.5.1 Mazes with Monsters
2.5.2 Draco Horribilis
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