D&D History with Stephen R. Marsh! - Episode 211 - 2/1/2020

Historic D&D designer Stephen R. Marsh wrote the first D&D Expert rules, created several monsters that have appeared in every edition, helped create the alignment system as we know it, planted the seed that became psionics and more! The D&D alignment system. Intelligent hairy rhinos are a no-go. Naked Amazons. Serious hiking. Carl Heyl of the Save Or Die and The Crusader podcasts also joins. Podcast version of the live Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 2/1/2020 Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1 PM Central on 101.1 FM The Answer in Little Rock. It can also be heard online at http://1011fmtheanswer.com. Call in at 501-823-0965 or tweet @ShanePlays during the show! Like what you hear? Support Shane Plays Geek Talk on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/shaneplays Shane Plays Geek Talk is carried on Krypton Radio! Krypton Radio is SciFi for your Wifi. http://kryptonradio.com/ Listen to the Shane Plays Geek Talk podcast on YouTube, SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play Music, Podbean, Stitcher (and other fine, fine podcast directories) after the live show. Hey, you! Yeah, you! Buy cool stuff, support Shane Plays Geek Talk with these affiliate links! Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com?partner=shaneplays DriveThruRPG.com https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?affiliate_id=488512 SHOW NOTES Podcast Zinger is from Amazon Women on the Moon Trailer Topic Notes: Stephen's Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_R._Marsh Stephen's blog http://adrr.com/d20/ Dungeons & Dragons Expert Set https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_Expert_Set OD&D Blackmoor Supplement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackmoor_(supplement) OD&D Eldritch Wizardry Supplement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eldritch_Wizardry Saga games https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2214/saga Punxsutawney Phil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punxsutawney_Phil https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/trailers/1119658-whoopi-goldberg-to-return-as-guinan-picard-season-2   Dungeons and Desktops: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games 2nd Edition Shane's book! Co-authored with Matt Barton of Matt Chat https://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Desktops-History-Computer-Role-Playing/dp/1138574643/