How Gygax Lost Control of TSR and D&D

An anonymous reader writes "Sunday was the birthday of the late great Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons and Futurama guest star. With the fifth edition of D&D soon to come out at Gen Con this year, Jon Peterson, author of Playing at the World, has released a new piece to answer a historical question: how was it, back in 1985, that Gary was ousted from TSR and control of D&D was taken away from him? Drawn from board meeting minutes, stock certificates, letters, and other first-hand sources, it's not a quick read or a very cheery one, but it shows how the greatest success of hobby games of the 1980s fell apart and marginalized its most famous designer."

Comments

Easy

[halivar]

He lost a Will save.

As someone who played D&D in the 1980s,

[Anonymous Coward]

I can surmise that immediately after being ousted from Dungeons & Dragons, he immediately got laid.

Re:As someone who played D&D in the 1980s,

[FilmedInNoir]

Wives: Gail Carpenter Gygax (m. 1987–2008), Mary Jo Powell (m. 1958–1983) ... If the stories of how marriage works are true, then you are correct.