GAMEMASTERS The Comic Book History of Roleplaying Games

The story of the tabletop’s triumph even in our digital age begins in the day of actual sword-wielding warriors, leading right up to the fireball-casting avatars of today. New York Times-bestselling and award-winning comics creators Fred Van Lente and Tom Fowler take you on an incredible journey from the mists of the past to the screen-lit present, showing not just how these games work and why we love them, but what they can tell us about ourselves. Very nicely illustrated. I'm not even a gaming person but it looks pretty fun to me, immersing you in the various fantasy games and all their characters. This would make a great gift for any table gamer. "A raucous, personal history of table top gaming -- and especially the personalities who shaped it. - Patton Oswalt "Gamemasters strikes the rare balance of historical comics where the laughs are as present as the research." - Nolan T. Jones, co-founder of Roll20 "What Van Lente and Fowler have done here is in the first rank of [history of role playing games], absolutely the most acessible and certainly the funniest." - Kieron Gillen, Die, The Wicked + the Divine, Young Avengers "Gorgeous, funny and informative -- perfect for grognards and new gamers alike!" - Matt Forbeck, Designer, Marvel Multiverse RPG, Shotguns and sorcery, D&D: Dungeonology "Roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons, in which players take the roles of heroes in their own story, have solidly moved from the geek fringes to the mainstream, beloved by celebrities and inspiring hit podcasts and massively successful sales in games, comics, and hobby shops."