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TSR, Inc. was an American game publishing company, best known as the original publisher of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D).Its earliest incarnation, Tactical Studies Rules, was founded in October 1973 by Gary Gygax and Don Kaye.
Dungeon Geomorphs, Set Two: Caves & Caverns was written by Gary and Ernie Gygax, and Dungeons Geomorphs, Set Three: Lower Dungeons was written by Gary. Sets two and three were published by TSR in 1977. [1]: 140 Outdoor Geomorphs, Set One: Walled City was designed by Gary and also published by TSR in 1977.
Gygax then created a similar game set in the imaginary Castle Greyhawk, and invited his children, Ernie and Elise, "to create characters and adventure". [9] The next evening, Kaye joined the game along with Gygax's friends Rob Kuntz and Terry Kuntz. [3] [2] Kaye created the character Murlynd, Rob Kuntz created Robilar and Terry Kuntz created ...
Gygax was born in Chicago, the son of Almina Emelie "Posey" (Burdick) [3] and Swiss immigrant and former Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist Ernst Gygax. [4] [5] He was named Ernest after his father, but was commonly known as Gary, the middle name given to him by his mother after the actor Gary Cooper.
However, Gygax's The World of Greyhawk (TSR 9025) did not hit store shelves until August 1980. [ 2 ] The World of Greyhawk consisted of a thirty-two page folio (this edition is often called the " World of Greyhawk folio" to distinguish it from later editions) [ 3 ] and a 34 in × 44 in (86 cm × 112 cm) two-piece color map of the Flanaess, by ...
The 1974 Dungeons & Dragons boxed set by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson contained three booklets, including a list of monsters in the booklet "Monsters & Treasure". This booklet contained an index on pages 3–4 featuring statistics about how many creatures of each type of creature appeared per encounter, armor class, how many inches the creature could move on its turn, hit dice, % in lair, and ...
When some TSR UK staffers were made redundant, they started the publication Game Master to try to maintain the experience of Imagine and some of its popular features, such as Pelinore; that magazine also published articles containing details on the closure of Imagine, which criticized Gary Gygax and TSR.
Grenadier Models published a product catalog in 1978, 1979, 1982 and annually from 1985 to 1994. Separate European catalogs were published in 1985, 1994, and perhaps other years as well. Their products were discussed in the Grenadier Bulletin, a magazine which also contained games, comics, short-stories, and puzzles. The bulletin was published ...