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I found this surprising and rather amazing article on Spiegel Online, a major german news portal:
http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/spielzeug/0,1518,625745,00.html
It's in german, but it may warrant some babelfish hilarity to read. It talks about a wargame invented in 1812 in Prussia, Germany, that anticipates many of the mechanics of later wargaming and RPG's, including using dice to decide encounters, rastered maps, and even a "Dungeon Master" of sorts.
And apparently this was already as addicting as today's games - for the Prussian King himself and his family, who stayed up to the wee hours to play!
http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/spielzeug/0,1518,625745,00.html
It's in german, but it may warrant some babelfish hilarity to read. It talks about a wargame invented in 1812 in Prussia, Germany, that anticipates many of the mechanics of later wargaming and RPG's, including using dice to decide encounters, rastered maps, and even a "Dungeon Master" of sorts.
And apparently this was already as addicting as today's games - for the Prussian King himself and his family, who stayed up to the wee hours to play!
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