03746cam a2200565 4500
760587010
TxAuBib
20230412120000.0
||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u
9781250855886
1250855888
4a1dc383-d0d6-4594-82b7-9e19a5c48dba
OverDrive
(Reserve ID)
6524752
OverDrive
(Product ID)
TxAuBib
Riggs, Ben.
Slaying the Dragon
[Libby Audiobook] :
A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons.
Macmillan Audio,
2022.
Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 288MB.
Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 288MB.
tactical studies rules, inc.
wizards of the coast.
geek & sundry writer.
nonfiction for nerds.
plot points podcast.
role playing game.
anonymous sources.
secret documents.
fantasy history.
secret history.
untold history.
books on tape.
inside story.
dave arneson.
audio books.
80s culture.
audiobooks.
gary gygax.
roleplay.
tsr inc.
gaming.
D&D.
HTML:<p><b>Role-playing game historian Ben Riggs unveils the secret history of TSR</b>— <b>the company that unleashed imaginations with <i>Dungeons & Dragons</i>, was driven into ruin by disastrous management decisions, and then saved by their bitterest rival.<br /></b><br /> Co-created by wargame enthusiasts Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, the original <i>Dungeons & Dragons</i> role-playing game released by TSR (Tactical Studies Rules) in 1974 created a radical new medium: the role-playing game. For the next two decades, TSR rocketed to success, producing multiple editions of <i>D&D</i>, numerous settings for the game, magazines, video games, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling novels by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, and R. A. Salvatore, and even a TV show! But by 1997, a series of ruinous choices and failed projects brought TSR to the edge of doom—only to be saved by their fiercest competitor, Wizards of the Coast, the company behind the collectible card game <i>Magic: The Gathering</i>.<br /> Unearthed from Ben Riggs's own adventurous campaign of in-depth research, interviews with major players, and acquisitions of secret documents, <i>Slaying the Dragon</i> reveals the true story of the rise and fall of TSR. Go behind the scenes of their Lake Geneva headquarters where innovative artists and writers redefined the sword and sorcery genre, managers and executives sabotaged their own success by alienating their top talent, ignoring their customer fanbase, accruing a mountain of debt, and agreeing to deals which, by the end, made them into a publishing company unable to publish so much as a postcard.<br /> As epic and fantastic as the adventures TSR published, <i>Slaying the Dragon</i> is the legendary tale of the rise and fall of the company that created the role-playing game world.</p>.
Nonfiction.
Sociology.
Games.
Media Type: Audiobook.
Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-04-12 20:00:02.
Patrick Hopkins, Sean.
https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4a1dc383-d0d6-4594-82b7-9e19a5c48dba&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook)
https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4a1dc383-d0d6-4594-82b7-9e19a5c48dba&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)