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We've been meaning to follow up on our video detailing the history of Original D&D. So today, we finally continue our discussion with the history of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, aka 1st Edition. We discuss not only some of the major changes from the previous edition but also some of the messy history that was going on behind the scenes. It involves not only corporate politics and backstabbing but also paranoia about Satanism and witchcraft.

Music: AD&D: Eye of the Beholder (SNES)

Main Source: The Game Wizards - The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons by Jon Peterson

Chapter:
0:00 Intro
3:37 Core Rules
15:22 Controversy
31:00 Conclusions

Video Game Clips: AD&D: Cloudy Mountain (Winslinator), AD&D: Pool of Radiance (Sinator), Final Fantasy Tactics (StoneMonkWisdom, Velius99), Final Fantasy 1 NES (Shane Christensen), Final Fantasy 12 PS2 (finalfantasy.fandom.com), Fire Emblem GBA (SlimKirby), Baldur's Gate (lilura1.blogspot.com), Age of Empires 4 (rockpapershotgun.com), Marvel Future Revolution (Johnny Blaze Gaming), Fortnite: Battle Royale (Cralin), World of Warcraft (icy-veins.com), Valheim (pcgamesn.com, Kristian Bjerke), Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga (mariowiki.com), God of War PS4 (wechoiceblogger.com), Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Saturday Night Slammasters

Book Images: Dragon Magazine, Wilderness Survival Guide, Whitebox, Greyhawk Supplement, Rules Cyclopedia, White Dwarf, Fiend Folio, Against the Giants, Monster Manual, Dungeon Master's Guide, Player's Handbook, Oriental Adventures, Night of the Seven Swords, Unearthed Arcana, TSR Silver Anniversary Set, Dragonlance Chronicles Trilogy, Dragons of Despair, Needle, Marvel Comics Conan the Barbarian, Flint Dille's The Gamesmaster: Almost Famous in the Geek 80s, Sagard The Barbarian, Rise of the Dungeon Master: Gary Gygax and the Creation of D&D, Empire of Imagination: Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons & Dragons

Other: 60 Minutes D&D Special (OKeijiDragon), Masters of Fantasy (SyFy Channel), Dark Dungeons (chick.com), Dungeon! Ad (ewjxn), Lake Geneva Regional News (grognardia.blogspot.com), , Katriina Hospital in Vantaa by Antti Yrjonen, Alchemist at Furnace with Large Reciever by Wellcome Images (Wikimedia Commons), Welcome to Michigan State University East Lansing by Ken Lund, Tunnel Vision Ontario Canada by Alex Luyckx, Tactical Wargaming 2015 by Chris Brooks (Flickr.com), 10750 Network Concept (freebie.photography), The Truth About Taxes 1940, County Government 1951, Taxidermic Owlbear, Mazes and Monsters by Rona Jaffe, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century AD, Spider-Man 2002 Film