Description - Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons by Jon Peterson
The story of the arcane table-top game that became a pop culture phenomenon and the long-running legal battle waged by its cocreators.
Discover the colorful history of the table-top RPG phenomenon, Dungeons & Dragons, as a D&D expert examines its surprising successes, setbacks, and controversies.
"The battle over Dungeons & Dragons was the ultimate geek war." -Wired
When Dungeons & Dragons was first released to a small hobby community, it hardly seemed destined for mainstream success-and yet this arcane tabletop role-playing game became an unlikely pop culture phenomenon. In Game Wizards, Jon Peterson chronicles the rise of Dungeons & Dragons from hobbyist pastime to mass market sensation, from the initial collaboration to the later feud of its creators, Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. Inside you'll learn about-
. Gygax and Arneson's first meeting and their work toward the 1974 release
.The founding of TSR and its growth as a company
.Arneson's acrimonious departure and subsequent challenges to TSR
."Satanic Panic" accusations that plagued D&D-and boosted its popularity
.TSR's reckless expansion and near-fatal corporate infighting
.And much more!
With Game Wizards, Peterson restores historical particulars long obscured by competing narratives spun by the one-time partners. That record amply demonstrates how the turbulent experience of creating something as momentous as Dungeons & Dragons can make people remember things a bit differently from the way they actually happened.
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