Re: What was the first RPG?

[William Shubert <wms@ssd.intel.com>]

William Shubert wrote:
> 
> I remember hearing that Adventure was the first RPG.  But if you're talking about a
> roguelike RPG, with a series of flat mazes, character attributes, etc., then I know that
> Telengard predates Wizardry and Ultima.  I remember playing something called "Telengard's
> Dungeon" on my friend's father's VAX account from DEC when I was in third grade; this would
> have been 1977, before the Apple II even existed.
>                                 -Bill (wms@hevanet.com)
>                                  http://www.hevanet.com/wms/

   Whoops.  After thinking more, this was not in third grade, but
somewhere in fifth grade to seventh grade.
   Which would put it in the 1979-1981 time frame.
				-Bill (wms@hevanet.com)
				 http://www.hevanet.com/wms/