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\"Brian's<\/a>Geek Cred RETURNS with a scan of a little bag filled with my brother’s Dungeons and Dragons<\/strong> dice! It’s amazing to think how popular this non-computerized game was back in the 70s and early 80s. Of course, computer games consisted of simplistic shoot-and-kill games and, at the time, were no where near as immersive as the role playing games. Our high school actually had a Dungeons and Dragons club. I went to the first meeting and never really got into it, but my brother did. Somehow I ended up with the dice. I wonder if he needs them back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Geek Cred RETURNS with a scan of a little bag filled with my brother’s Dungeons and Dragons dice! It’s amazing to think how popular this non-computerized game was back in the 70s and early 80s. 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