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Brian Blume and Gary Gygax reorganized the business from a partnership to a corporation called TSR Hobbies, Inc. At first, it was a separate company to market miniatures and games from other companies, an enterprise which was also connected to the opening of the Dungeon hobby shop in Lake Geneva. [7]
[38] Gygax relocated TSR from the Kaye dining room to the basement at his own house. [29]: 7 In July 1975, Gygax and Blume reorganized their company from a partnership to a corporation called TSR Hobbies. Gygax owned 150 shares, Blume the other 100 shares, and both had the option to buy up to 700 shares at any time in the future.
[20] Neither Gygax nor Blume had the money to formally buy the share owned by Kaye's wife, but Blume persuaded Gygax to allow his father, Melvin Blume, to buy it. [21] The company was re-formed as TSR Hobbies, Inc, with the Blume family owning controlling interest. [16] [22] [21] In 1975, Gygax and Blume published Boot Hill in memory of Kaye. [2]
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.
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 ...
Kevin Blume became president of TSR Inc., and Gygax was made president of TSR Entertainment. [122] The Blumes sent him to Hollywood to develop TV and movie opportunities. [118]: 13 [121]: 156 By 1984, although TSR Inc. was the games industry leader, grossing $30 million, it was barely breaking even and had debts of $1.5 million. The Blumes ...
The original Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set was published by TSR, Inc. in 1977. [1] TSR hired outside writer John Eric Holmes to produce the Basic Set as an introductory version of the D&D game. It incorporates game concepts from the original 1974 D&D boxed set plus Supplement I: Greyhawk. [2]
After Megarry showed his board game to Gygax, they continued to correspond about it. In 1973 they presented The Dungeons of Pasha Cada to various manufacturers, including Don Lowry of Guidon Games. Lowry was concerned that the dungeon maps would be too expensive to print. [12] The game would eventually be published by TSR Hobbies as Dungeon! in ...