[TML] Copyright issues

[Bruce Johnson]

On Aug 29, 2007, at 5:31 PM, GDWGAMES at aol.com wrote:

>>>> We were preparing several dozen examples of prior art, but never  
>>>> got to
>> use
>>>> them.
>>>
>>> This is an interesting statement.  I know war games used dice for  
>>> combat
>>> before D&D, but does the prior art include creating characters?
>
> Yes. Down to characteristics, personality traits, and even a  
> distinction
> between characters controlled by a player and those controlled by the
> umpire/referee/GM/whatever (NPCs in other words). My reference  
> material for this is
> currently in storage, so I'm afraid I cannot previde specific  
> citations, but I refer
> to a number of 1:1 skirmish games played with 54mm figures in the  
> 1960s and
> 1970s, as well as other types of games.

Wasn't D&D itself a derivation of a minis game called Chainmail?

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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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