A history in five... seven... nine parts

There is a very interesting read archived for all prosperity on the web, namely an RPG History (it starts out at five parts, but ends up at nine).

Quite the look, although there is a lot of focus on the efforts of D&D to make and expand the industry, and only in the latter parts do other RP games get a serious look in.

Then again, this article is ten years old. Ultima Online is considered the King of online RPGs with no mention of World of Warcraft, and mainly text computer games are metioned along with Sierra, unlike the slew of RPG games we have nowadays (although whether or not they are RPG or action or ... whatever isn't considered). And the Japanese contribution doesn't get seriously mentioned (Magic: The Gathering is in there, but not Pokemon).

Still, a heck of a good read for some fascinating background to this hobby of ours.

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