Chainmail was a precursor to what popular board game first published in 1974?
Chainmail (game) campaign, and many elements of "Chainmail" were carried over wholesale into "Dungeons & Dragons" ("D&D") in 1974. In fact, the original edition of "D&D" required that the reader own a copy of "Chainmail" (as well as the Avalon Hill game "Outdoor Survival"). The first edition of "Dungeons & Dragons" frequently defers to "Chainmail", for example in the rules for elves and hobbits, in the "Invisibility" and "Conjure Elemental" spells, for the special abilities of monsters, specifically for the text of many monsters including goblins and ghouls, in the magic items descriptions (e.g. "Horn of Blasting") and in the naval combat
Chainmail (game) Chainmail (game) Chainmail is a medieval miniature wargame created by Gary Gygax and Jeff Perren. Gygax developed the core medieval system of the game by expanding on rules authored by his fellow Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association (LGTSA) member Perren, a hobby-shop owner with whom he had become friendly. Guidon Games released the first edition of "Chainmail" in 1971 as its first miniature wargame and one of its three debut products. "Chainmail" was the first game designed by Gygax that was available for sale as a professional product. It included a heavily Tolkien-influenced "Fantasy Supplement", which made "Chainmail" the first