Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who (34 page)

very definitely . . . These books:
Ibid.

Real-life Clerics:
TSR Hobbies needs you:
The Dragon
5, no. 2 (August 1980), 49.

This is indeed only a game:
Martin Wainwright, “Child’s Play for Satan,”
Guardian,
April 6, 1984.

My understanding is that once you reach a certain point:
“Dual Deaths Are Linked to Fantasy Game,” United Press International, November 4, 1984.

nearly fifty teenage suicides and homicides:
Tipper Gore,
Raising PG Kids in an X-Rated Society
(Abingdon Press, 1987).

intense occult training through D&D:
Jack Chick,
Dark Dungeons
(Jack T. Chick LLC, 1984).

I think I understood their motivations:
Allen Rausch, “Gary Gygax Interview—Part I,” GameSpy, August 15, 2004,
http://pc.GameSpy.com/articles/538/538817p1.html
.

Perhaps most surprising about TSR’s management:
Stewart Alsop II, “TSR Hobbies Mixes Fact and Fantasy,”
Inc.,
February 1, 1982.

I was pretty much boxed out:
Allen Rausch, “Gary Gygax Interview—Part I,” GameSpy, August 15, 2004,
http://pc.GameSpy.com/articles/538/538817p1.html
.

paid half a million dollars:
Paul La Farge, “Destroy All Monsters,”
Believer,
September 2006.

I fully expected to be dismissed:
Ciro Alessandro Sacco, “The Ultimate Interview with Gary Gygax,”
Dungeons.it,
undated, retrieved from
http://www.thekyngdoms.com/interviews/garygygax.php
.

11: Death or Glory

I began to become uneasy:
Ciro Alessandro Sacco, “The Ultimate Interview with Gary Gygax,”
Dungeons.it,
undated, retrieved from
http://www.thekyngdoms.com/interviews/garygygax.php
.

I was so sick of the fucking company:
David Kushner, “Dungeon Master: The Life and Legacy of Gary Gygax,”
Wired.com
, March 10, 2008.

13: The Inn at World’s Edge

The very first LARP:
“The Pre-History of Dagorhir,”
Dagorhir.com
,
http://www.dagorhir.com/dagorhir/history.htm
.

14: D&D Next

By involving you in this process:
Mike Mearls, “Charting the Course for D&D,” Wizards of the Coast website, January 9, 2012,
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4ll/20120109
.

Imagine trying to organize a basketball team:
Ethan Gilsdorf, “Players Roll the Dice for Dungeons & Dragons Remake,”
New York Times,
January 1, 2012.

Too little, too late:
Houstonderek, comment on David M. Ewalt, “ ‘Wizards’ Announce New Dungeons & Dragons,”
Forbes,
January 9, 2012,
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2012/01/09/wizards-announce-new-dungeons-and-dragons-an-inside-look-at-the-game/
.

Allow me a momentary guffaw:
James Maliszewski, “Quelle Surprise,”
Grognardia,
January 9, 2012,
http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2012/01/quelle-surprise.html
.

The D&D player is a business manager:
Khaver, comment on David M. Ewalt, “ ‘Wizards’ Announce New Dungeons & Dragons,”
Forbes,
January 9, 2012,
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2012/01/09/wizards-announce-new-dungeons-and-dragons-an-inside-look-at-the-game/
.

Abel (wizard),
3
–4,
5
,
20
,
23

Acererak (evil wizard),
144

Adams, Richard,
Watership Down,
107

addiction, stages of,
153
–54

Adventure Games,
152

Adventurer Conqueror King,
242
–43

Adventure Time,
129

Against the Giants,
102
n

Agius, Alex,
17
–19,
24

in D&D Next/Ewalt campaign,
228
,
252

as Jhaden,
17
,
19
,
29
,
74
,
83
,
89
;
see also
Jhaden

Ahlissa (cleric),
65

Alex II (“Deuce”),
23

Alka the Seltzer,
81

Allison, Javi,
242
–43

Allison, Tavis,
242
–44

All the Worlds’ Monsters,
137
,
139

Amazing Stories,
163

American Revolution,
44

Anderson, Poul,
140

Anthony, Piers,
Xanth
books,
13

Aragorn,
11

Ardhi campaign,
223
–24,
226

Argosy,
62

armaments, rule book for,
19

Army, U.S., Simulations Division,
43

Arneson, David,
57
,
59
–61,
63

and Blackmoor,
60
–61,
64
,
65
,
66
,
70
,
100
,
111
,
135
,
136
,
244
–46

collaboration with Gygax,
64
–67,
69

and D&D,
71
,
93
–94,
113
,
148

and dungeon crawl,
243
,
245

and
Dungeonmaster’s Index,
135
–36,
137

and
First Fantasy Campaign,
136
–37

innovations introduced by,
65
,
66

and lawsuits,
150
–52

leaving TSR,
104
,
113
–14,
132
,
150

as slow writer,
110
–14

and Tactical Studies Rules,
72
,
94
,
150

as TSR research director,
102

Arrogant Nerd syndrome,
86

Asimov, Isaac,
Foundation,
135

assassins,
100
,
145

atavism,
31

author’s new campaign,
see
D&D Next

author’s ongoing story,
see
Vampire World

Avalon Hill,
56
,
57
,
59
,
62
,
70

Avatar,
10

avatars,
77

Babeal (wizard),
20
–21,
25
,
27
,
75

backgammon,
34
,
97

Backhaus, Wilf,
134

BADD (Bothered about Dungeons and Dragons),
159
,
160

Baggins, Frodo,
9
,
68

Bagnulo, Michael,
81

Bag of Tricks,
80

balrogs,
90
,
141

barbarians,
11

bards,
15
,
76
n

Barker, M. A. R.,
99

Barsoom fantasy world,
92

Battle of the Five Armies,
141

Beauteponce (dwarf fighter),
252

Beek Gwenders,
102
n

beholder,
137
–38

Bemelmans, Ludwig,
33

Bemelmans Bar, New York,
32
–33

Berry, Chuck,
228

Bismarck, Otto von,
41

Blackjack (soldier),
82

Blackmoor,
60
–61,
64
,
65
,
66
,
70
,
94
,
111
,
136
,
244
–46

Blackmoor
supplement,
100
,
102
,
111
–12,
135
,
143

Blade Barrier spell,
25
,
27
,
77

Blade Runner,
27
,
82

Blue Book,
62

Blue Rider,
136

Blume, Brian,
72
,
92
,
94
,
98
,
162
,
165
,
168
,
169
–70

Blume, Kevin,
98
,
162
,
163
–64,
165
,
168
,
169
–70

Blume, Melvin,
72
,
98

board games,
33
–35,
56
,
57

Bogost, Ian,
182

Boot Hill (RPG),
99

Boromir,
11

Bradley, Ed,
159

Braunstein (war game),
57
–58,
243

Breedbate, Keek,
102
n

Broderick, Matthew,
81

Brothers Grimm,
62

Brothers of the Swamp,
101

Bryant, Brandon,
20
–21,
83
–84

Buck Rogers in the
25
th Century A.D.,
165

Bumble the Wizard,
197
,
199

Bunnies & Burrows,
107
,
149

Burroughs, Edgar Rice,
92
,
108

Calculus for Dummies,
134

Campbell, Joseph, and monomyth,
121

Capone, Al,
141

Carpenter, Gail (Gygax),
170

Carr, Mike,
64
,
105

Carter, Howard,
35

Carter, John,
92
,
108

Castle Greyhawk,
65
–67

catalepus,
236

catoblepas,
138

causation and correlation,
26

Cavaliers and Roundheads,
72

Caves of Chaos,
209

Chadwick, Frank,
107

Chainmail (war game),
61
,
64
,
95
,
107
,
111

Chaosium Inc.,
137

chaturanga (ancient chess game),
36

chess,
35
–39

author’s attempts to learn,
37
–39

development of,
35
–36

Dragon Variation,
39

Duchamp’s obsession with,
114
,
115
n

Guioco Piano,
39

history of,
36

King’s Gambit,
39

modernization attempts,
40

openings of,
38
–39

religious extremists vs.,
160

rules of,
40

Sicilian Defense,
38

as space game,
39

Spanish Game,
39

Tri-Dimensional Chess,
37

and war games,
40
–42

Chick, Jack,
160

Chivalry & Sorcery,
134

Chronicles of Narnia, The
(Lewis),
24

Chuttlesworth, Professor,
197

Circus Eternal,
196
–97,
198

City State of the Invincible Overlord,
109

Civil War, U.S.,
56
,
59

Clark, Chris,
234

Classic Dungeon,
243

Classic Warfare,
99

clerics,
11
,
23
–24,
69
,
133
,
145
–46

Cloak of Resistance,
186

Clue,
8
,
34

Cole, Ryan,
144
,
228
,
252

Collins, Leonard,
82

Complete Divine
sourcebook,
76

computer technology,
173
–74,
182

Conan comics,
18

Conan the Barbarian
(film),
27

Conan the Conqueror,
59
,
62
,
140

Conflict (war game),
57

Connery, Sean,
185
–86

console games,
183

Cook, Zeb,
219

Craigslist,
31

Cthulhu, cleric of,
86

Custer, George Armstrong,
112

Cyberpunk 2020,
27
,
82

Cyborg Commando,
171

D&D Experience,
209

D&D Next/Ewalt campaign,
219
–30

advice sought for development of,
236
–38

constructing the world of,
223
–24

David’s pilgrimage for,
232
–33,
237
–38,
242
,
247
,
251

fifth-edition rules used in,
219

Fracture,
225
,
226
,
227
,
228

goals for,
242

Harry,
225
–26,
228

Mad Marv,
219
,
221
,
222
–23,
225
–26,
227

Player’s Handbook,
252

play test of,
252
–53

plot twists in,
228
–29

sketching the design,
219
–23

writing the story of,
224
–28

Dagorhir (LARP),
185

Dangerous Dimensions/Dangerous Journeys,
171

Dark Dungeons
(Chick),
160

Darkness spell,
87

Dawn,
7
,
9
,
13

Dear, William,
156

Death in Wretched Swamp,
234
,
236

de Camp, L. Sprague,
140

Delleb (lesser god),
203

Demogorgon,
106

Descent into the Depths of the Earth,
102
n,
143