(2017)
Nation Books,
2017 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 16.99 USD; 22.49 CAD
- Pages
- 148
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Nation Books
- Brand
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Nation Books
- ISBN
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978-1-56858-559-8
- Barcode
- 9781568585598 51699
- Editing
- ?
- Color
- color cover; black & white interior
- Dimensions
- 6 1/2 inches wide by 9 inches tall
- Binding
- squarebound
- Publishing Format
- one-shot
Chapter One
comic story / 10 pages
- Characters
- Gary Gygax
- Synopsis
- A brief overview of how Dungeons & Dragons is played and its effects on gaming and geek culture.
- Keywords
- Dungeons & Dragons; Gencon; Lake Geneva WI
Chapter Two
comic story / 26 pages
- Characters
- Gary Gygax; Emelie Gygax; Ernest Gygax; H. G. Wells; Jeff Perren
- Synopsis
- Gary's early life in Lake Geneva is detailed, along with his discovery of war games and the events that lead him to create his first game, Chainmail.
- Keywords
- Chicago IL; Gencon; Lake Geneva WI; war games
Chapter Three
comic story / 13 pages
- Characters
- Dave Arneson; Gary Gygax
- Synopsis
- Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax meet and begin the collaboration of rules based on the Chainmail game that will lead to the creation of the Dungeons and Dragons game.
- Keywords
- Gencon; Lake Geneva WI; role playing game; University of Minnesota
Chapter Four
comic story / 18 pages
- Characters
- Gary Gygax; Don Kaye; Ernie Gygax; Elise Gygax
- Synopsis
- Gary finalizes the rule book for the first edition of Dungeons & Dragons. When Avalon Hill decides not to publish, Gary and Don form TSR and publish the first set of rules which become a huge hit.
- Keywords
- Lake Geneva WI; role playing game
Chapter Five
comic story / 8 pages
- Characters
- Dave Arneson; Will Crowther; Don Woods; Richard Bartle; Richard Garriott
- Synopsis
- Dungeons and Dragons begins to influence gaming conventions and the beginnings of the internet.
- Keywords
- ARPANET; gaming convention; M.I.T.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MUD; Multiuser Dungeon
Chapter Six
comic story / 16 pages
- Characters
- William Dear; James Dallas Egbert III; Patricia Pullng; Tom Hanks; Jack Chick
- Synopsis
- Dungeons and Dragons becomes part of mainstream culture but with bad connotations for most of the public who buy into the hysteria generated by B.A.D.D., the movie "Mazes and Monsters" and Jack Chick tracts.
- Keywords
- East Lansing MI; Michigan State University; private investigator; suicide
Chapter Seven
comic story / 9 pages
- Characters
- Gary Gygax; Dave Arneson; Frank Welker; Kevin Blume; Brian Blume; Lorraine Williams
- Synopsis
- TSR grows larger than Gary and Dave can control and causes a rift between the friends that leads to Dave selling his share of the company.
- Keywords
- role playing game
Chapter Eight
comic story / 8 pages
- Characters
- Greg Costikyan; Gary Gygax; Dave Arneson; Chris Metzen
- Synopsis
- The influence of Dungeons and Dragons moves into online video games like Warcraft. TSR is bought by Wizards of the Coast.
- Keywords
- role playing game; video game
Chapter Nine
comic story / 13 pages
- Characters
- Gary Gygax; Dave Arneson; Stephen Colbert; Vin Diesel; Tim Duncan; Sasha Grey
- Synopsis
- Gary returns to his roots in his final years, playing role-playing games with his friends and finding religion.
- Keywords
- role-playing games
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Chapter One
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Chapter Two
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Chapter Three
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Chapter Four
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Chapter Five
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Chapter Six
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Chapter Seven
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Chapter Eight
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Chapter Nine
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