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Game Wizards
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand
- Random House
- MPN
- RHP 42951
- Type
- Magazines
- Franchise
- Magazines
- Manufacturer
- Random House
- Set
- Random House
- ISBN
- 9780262542951
- Book Title
- Game Wizards : the Epic Battle for Dungeons and Dragons
- Book Series
- Game Histories Ser.
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Games & Activities, Business & Economics, Sports & Recreation, Social Science
- Topic
- General, Popular Culture, Role Playing & Fantasy, Corporate & Business History
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 20 oz
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
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Product Information
The story of the arcane table-top game that became a pop culture phenomenon and the long-running legal battle waged by its cocreators. 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. As the game's fiftieth anniversary approaches, Peterson--a noted authority on role-playing games--explains how D&D and its creators navigated their successes, setbacks, and controversies. Peterson describes Gygax and Arneson's first meeting and their work toward the 1974 release of the game; the founding of TSR and its growth as a company; and Arneson's acrimonious departure and subsequent challenges to TSR. He recounts the "Satanic Panic" accusations that D&D was sacrilegious and dangerous, and how they made the game famous. And he chronicles TSR's reckless expansion and near-fatal corporate infighting, which culminated with the company in debt and overextended and the end of Gygax's losing battle to retain control over TSR and D&D . 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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262542951
ISBN-13
9780262542951
eBay Product ID (ePID)
19050031461
Product Key Features
Book Title
Game Wizards : the Epic Battle for Dungeons and Dragons
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Popular Culture, Role Playing & Fantasy, Corporate & Business History
Publication Year
2021
Book Series
Game Histories Ser.
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Games & Activities, Business & Economics, Sports & Recreation, Social Science
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
20 oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Gv1469.6.P483 2021
Reviews
"The battle Over Dungeons & Dragons was the ultimate geek war." -- Wired "In Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragon s, historian Jon Peterson hopes to lay to rest the rumors and speculation that have plagued the early history of D&D. At the center of this new book is the feud between co-creators Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax. His work relies on a treasure trove of firsthand interviews and primary documentation, as well as remnants from the lost archives of D&D's original publisher, TSR." -- Polygon "A deep dive into a significant controversy in the gaming world: who deserves credit for the meteoric rise of Dungeons & Dragons and blame for the subsequent avalanche of public spats, lawsuits, and business bungling...A good dungeon crawl... treasures abound for experienced adventurers." -- Kirkus Reviews 'Jon Peterson's "Game Wizards" is an in-depth history - and I really do mean in-depth - of the creation of Dungeons and Dragons and in particular the ugly struggle for control of TSR. It's vivid and incredibly well-researched, although this particular niche is... well, it's very niche.' -- Tim Harford " Game Wizards makes a fascinating reading. We have never, ever seen such a level of detail and documentation regarding the inner workings of TSR down to board meetings and executives' plans and ideas. The book shines a really strong light on the 'secret history' of the company" -- Dungeon Master Magazine, "The battle Over Dungeons & Dragons was the ultimate geek war." -- Wired "In Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragon s, historian Jon Peterson hopes to lay to rest the rumors and speculation that have plagued the early history of D&D. At the center of this new book is the feud between co-creators Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax. His work relies on a treasure trove of firsthand interviews and primary documentation, as well as remnants from the lost archives of D&D's original publisher, TSR." -- Polygon "A deep dive into a significant controversy in the gaming world: who deserves credit for the meteoric rise of Dungeons & Dragons and blame for the subsequent avalanche of public spats, lawsuits, and business bungling...A good dungeon crawl... treasures abound for experienced adventurers." -- Kirkus Reviews
Table of Content
Series Foreword ix Preface xi I From a Club to a Company Opening Moves 5 Gygax and Arneson 15 The $300 Idea 33 II Adventurers in Business 1975: Sage Street, Goodbye 55 1976: Stab 79 1977: The Great War 103 1978: Stolen Glory 125 III The Everfull Purse 1979: Treasure in the Steam Tunnels 151 1980: The Spotlight 175 1981: Identity Crisis 199 1982: Extravagance 223 IV Disjunction 1983: Splitting the Party 251 1984: Cursed 273 1985: The Ambush at Sheridan Springs 289 Epilogue: Endgame 313 Sources and Acknowledgments 319 Index 353
Lccn
2020-047264
Dewey Decimal
793.93
Dewey Edition
23
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