Empire of Imagination: Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons & Dragons

Name: An interesting and sad read.
Item: Empire of Imagination: Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons Dragons
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by Michael Witwer

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The life story of Gary Gygax, godfather of all fantasy adventure games, has been told only in bits and pieces. Michael Witwer has written a dynamic, dramatized biography of Gygax from his childhood in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin to his untimely death in 2008.

Gygax's magnum opus, Dungeons & Dragons, would explode in popularity throughout the 1970s and '80s and irreversibly alter the world of gaming. D&D is the best-known, best-selling role-playing...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1632862794

ISBN13:9781632862792

Release Date:October 2015

Publisher:Bloomsbury USA

Length:320 Pages

Weight:1.39 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"

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An interesting and sad read.

Published by James , 5 years ago

If you ever wanted to know about the man/men who created the most famous tabletop RPG Duneons & Dragons and it’s origins, then this book is for you. It takes you from Gary Gygax’s childhood, throughout his marriages, life with his kids and his founding of TSR hobbies and ultimately his ousting from his own company by what I would call traitors but he had bad judgement or some would say he had no other options for his choice of business partners. A great read for RPG lovers.