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David Wesely (born 1945) is an American wargamer, board game designer, and video game developer. Wesely's developments, inspired by Kriegsspiel wargames, were important and influential in the early history of role-playing games.
David A. Wesely (born March 15, 1945) is a game designer, video game developer, physicist, and former officer in the US Army Reserves. He earned a bachelor's degree in physics at Hamline University in 1967 and a master's degree in high energy physics at the University of Kansas in 1969.
Braunstein is an experimental game and game genre introduced by David Wesely, a member of the Midwest Military Simulation Association, in the late 1960s, and originally played in the Twin Cities. Braunstein was important and influential in the early history of role-playing games.
Aug 11, 2021 · Major David Wesely took his usual wargaming group and tried something a little different. Instead of having them command armies he set down the two opposing leaders in a Prussian town before the battle, their troops nearby but not on stage.
- Braunstein was the first step away from war-games towards roleplaying games as we know it for the following reasons: there were more thant two sid...
- Braunstein was a character scale wargame with elements of Roleplaying, and essentially was the first RPG. Not that Dave Wesely, its author and GM,...
- In an interview with David Wesely his description of the Braunsteins shared elements of a Live Action Roleplaying event. In that much of the action...
Major (Retired) David A. Wesely is credited with INVENTING roleplaying games in the late 60's with his Braunstein game, as well as the concept of a Referee or Gamemaster in tabletop wargames,...
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David Wesely (born March 15, 1945) is a wargamer, board game designer, and video game developer. Dave Arneson credited him with coming up with the idea of the role-playing game. Wesely earned a B.S. in physics at Hamline University in 1967 and an M.S. in high energy physics at the University of Kansas in 1969.
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Aug 6, 2008 · Major David Wesely took his usual wargaming group and tried something a little different. Instead of having them command armies he set down the two opposing leaders in a Prussian town before the battle, their troops nearby but not on stage.
