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Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
128 min | Documentary

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Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)

128 min | Documentary

Blackmoor is the name of a fictional world created by David Arneson. It is also the prototype of Dungeons and Dragons, the first published role playing game. Unlike other fantasy worlds, such as J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth, Blackmoor is ...See moreBlackmoor is the name of a fictional world created by David Arneson. It is also the prototype of Dungeons and Dragons, the first published role playing game. Unlike other fantasy worlds, such as J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth, Blackmoor is a living world that is being explored to this day. Secrets of Blackmoor investigates the origins of the role playing game, through candid interviews, archival footage, and newly discovered artifacts. In 1964, David Wesely becomes a founding member of a club that includes history buffs, model makers, and miniature collectors. Hiding within the group, however, are a bunch of college students who are interested in war gaming. Within a year, the gamers meet a high school kid named Dave Arneson who is playing war games with his friends in his parents' basement. These gamers have no idea that they will change the face of this hobby forever. Their only concern for now, is how to simulate the reality of war, and above all, they just want to have fun. Their voracious hunt for new rules and knowledge leads them to the University of Minnesota Library where they discover an old manuscript, Strategos; the American Game of War. Within the dense pages are a few sentences that inspire them. The influence of Strategos changes how they play their war games. But are they really following these old rules, or have they stumbled onto something truly unique by misinterpreting what it says? Should a game be constrained by rules, like Monopoly, or should there be no boundaries at all, like a game of make believe? One thing is very clear--something magical was going on in the Twin Cities. See less

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Dave Arneson Self Self See fewer	Dungeons & Dragons
Griffith Mon Morgan III Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Talent Keyhole (2022)
John Arneson Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
Malia Arneson Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
Ross Maker Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
David Megarry Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
David Wesely Self Self See fewer	Subroc-3D (1982)
Bob Meyer Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
Greg Svenson Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
Stephen Rocheford Self Self See fewer	Wren (2013)
David Belfry Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
Shelly Britton-Maker Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
Jeff Berry Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
Bob Bledsaw Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
Jim Ford Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
Gail Gaylord Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
Peter Gaylord Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
Randy Hoffa Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
William Hoyt Self Self See fewer	The Dreams in Gary's Basement (2023)
Barbara Jenkins Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
Duane Jenkins Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
Robert J. Kuntz Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
James Laferriere Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
Helen Nicholson Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
Martin Noetzel Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
Greg Scott Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
Kenneth C. Shepro Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
John Snider Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)
Su Wesely Self Self See fewer	Secrets of Blackmoor: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons (2019)

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