Recreational Computing
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| Frequency | Bimonthly |
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| Publisher | People's Computer Company |
| Location | Menlo Park, California |
| First issue | October 1972 |
| Final issue | October 1981 |
| ISSN | 0164-5846 |
Recreational Computing (originally People's Computers) was a bimonthly magazine published by the non-profit People's Computer Company of Menlo Park, California. The magazine ran one of the earliest articles on Eamon, a 1980 piece penned by Donald Brown introducing and describing the game.
History
The magazine began in 1972 under the title People's Computer Company, changing to People's Computers in 1978 and Recreational Computing in 1979. Its final issue was in October 1981 when it was acquired by Compute! magazine (ISSN 0194-357X), a publication which ran until September 1994.
Source articles
"What Is All This Stuff?"
This article by Charlie Krank, written the same year that Donald Brown was first developing Eamon, explores computer-based fantasy role-playing. Originally printed in Different Worlds in February, it was re-published in the May/June 1979 issue of Recreational Computing (volume 7, number 6) on pages 34-37.
- Original document: archive.org/details/1979-06-recreational-computing/page/7/mode/2up
"The Wonderful World of Eamon"
Donald Brown's detailed article describes some of the challenges of fantasy role-playing games and the ways computers can solve them. He introduces his Eamon system, describing how characters are built and how combat and adventuring occurs, and walks through examples from the Main Hall and Beginners Cave. The article was published in July/August 1980 (volume 9, number 1) on pages 32-41.
- Original document: File:The Wonderful World of Eamon.pdf
- Wiki text: Source:The Wonderful World of Eamon
External links
- Wikipedia: Recreational Computing
- July/August 1980 issue at archive.org
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