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All right, and so now let's get to our show.

Wired.com presents the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

And here is your host, David Barr Curtley.

Hello, and welcome to episode 446 of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.

Our guest today is John Peterson.

He's the co-author of the book Dungeons and Dragons Art and Arcana, which was a finalist

for the Hugo Award, and his book Playing at the World is considered one of the most important

books ever written about the history of tabletop games.

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