Founded by Bill Speer, Gary Gygax, and Scott Duncan in 1967, it emerged as a successor to an earlier club called the United States Continental Army Command, founded by Speer.
fˈaʊndᵻd baɪ bˈɪl spˈɪɹ, ɡˈæɹi dʒˈaɪɡæks, ænd skˈɑːt dˈʌŋkən ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti sˈɛvən, ɪɾ ɪmˈɜːdʒd æz ɐ səksˈɛsɚ tʊ ɐn ˈɜːlɪɚ klˈʌb kˈɔːld ðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd stˈeɪts kˌɑːntɪnˈɛntəl ˈɑːɹmi kəmˈænd, fˈaʊndᵻd baɪ spˈɪɹ.