Negative Space: Gary Gygax
- Dungeon 112 (July 2004)
- Dungeon 112 is a special issue of Dungeon Magazine devoted to old-style TSR goodness!
- Gygax and Lakofka on Wargaming in 1969
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Jim Crossley reports on wargaming’s bright future—and the need for computerization—after the second GenCon. His article appeared in a handful of newspapers over the 1969-1970 holiday season, with quotes from Lenard Lakofka and Gary Gygax.
- History is Rewritten by Avid Wargamers
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An article by Jim Crossley appearing over December 1969/January 1970 about the “elite hobby” of wargaming.
- On a Cult of Gygax
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The extent and even existence of a “Cult of Gygax” is greatly exaggerated, to the point where even things that directly contradict the theory are interpreted as supporting it. The cult of Gygax is a self-perpetuating myth.
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- Recent Gygaxian D&D Products
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Guy Fullerton has created a list of adventures (and systems) for “Gygax-era flavors of D&D”. He’s got a lot of great adventures in the list, and most, if not all, of them should work great with Gods & Monsters.
- From the Dungeon to the Dictionary
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What words has Dungeons & Dragons brought to the English language?
“The first occurrence of *magocracy in print, anywhere, as far as I have been able to determine, is on page 89 of the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Dungeon Master’s Guide (1979), by Gary Gygax, in a list of forms of government. Many of the terms on my own list of governmental types are found there, naturally, such as gynarchy, oligarchy, and theocracy.”
