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RISE OF THE DUNGEON MASTER - Gygax's Story In A Graphic Novel
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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7714967" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>For those who are interested in the history of <em>Dungeons & Dragons</em>, <a href="http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/david-kushner/rise-of-the-dungeon-master/9781568585598/" target="_blank">this graphic novel</a> tells the story of Gary Gygax, co-creator of the game. By David Kushner, incorporating information from interviews with both Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and will be available on May 9th. I haven't seen it myself (I'm pre-ordering it though). [HQ]"<em>Rise of the Dungeon Master</em> tells, in graphic form, the story of Gary Gygax, co-creator of <em>Dungeons & Dragons</em>, one of the most influential games ever made. Like the game itself, the narrative casts the reader into the adventure from a first person point of view, taking on the roles of the different characters in the story."[/HQ][PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]</p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/david-kushner/rise-of-the-dungeon-master/9781568585598/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=83944&stc=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p><p></p><p>Gary Gygax's son Ernie Gygax said this about it:</p><p></p><p>[HQ]"Well I just received a treat in today's mail the graphic novel: <em>Rise of the Dungeon Master. </em>Well 90 minutes later with the story read and an overall good feeling it is time to share something about this. David Kushner interviewed both my father and Dave Arneson in the twilight of both of them when they had both mostly moved on from perhaps the greatest game creation after the advent of <em>Monopoly.</em> The quality of the art is fantastic as done by a true professional Koren Shadmi. As a member of the family and someone who was involved in all levels of the activities described in this work, you can feel the stories as they were told to David come to the fore. As many of the players in the story have passed and the rest of us are aging, stories such as this based on memories of the day are golden. This is an easy read and quite entertaining while based on fact. Of course I have a few qualms with some of the details but overall this is a must have for those interested in the History of the RPG. A few minor things that jumped out at me was the original D20 being numbered 1-20 instead of 0-9 twice, the <em>Chaimail </em>game was released by Guidon Games first, not TSR and certainly without the spiral binding. 1980 was the year TSR quaded not 1982 and other such nitpicking that occur to me BUT those are nothing to the overall storytelling and detail that this beautifully illustrated work bring to the table. I personally place this book as my 2nd favorite work on my families life right behind <em>Empire of Imagination</em>."[/HQ]</p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #FFFFFF"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"><strong>Save</strong></span></span><span style="color: #FFFFFF"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'"><strong>Save</strong></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 7714967, member: 1"] For those who are interested in the history of [I]Dungeons & Dragons[/I], [URL="http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/david-kushner/rise-of-the-dungeon-master/9781568585598/"]this graphic novel[/URL] tells the story of Gary Gygax, co-creator of the game. By David Kushner, incorporating information from interviews with both Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and will be available on May 9th. I haven't seen it myself (I'm pre-ordering it though). [HQ]"[I]Rise of the Dungeon Master[/I] tells, in graphic form, the story of Gary Gygax, co-creator of [I]Dungeons & Dragons[/I], one of the most influential games ever made. Like the game itself, the narrative casts the reader into the adventure from a first person point of view, taking on the roles of the different characters in the story."[/HQ][PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] [CENTER] [URL="http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/david-kushner/rise-of-the-dungeon-master/9781568585598/"][IMG]http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=83944&stc=1[/IMG][/URL] [/CENTER] Gary Gygax's son Ernie Gygax said this about it: [HQ]"Well I just received a treat in today's mail the graphic novel: [I]Rise of the Dungeon Master. [/I]Well 90 minutes later with the story read and an overall good feeling it is time to share something about this. David Kushner interviewed both my father and Dave Arneson in the twilight of both of them when they had both mostly moved on from perhaps the greatest game creation after the advent of [I]Monopoly.[/I] The quality of the art is fantastic as done by a true professional Koren Shadmi. As a member of the family and someone who was involved in all levels of the activities described in this work, you can feel the stories as they were told to David come to the fore. As many of the players in the story have passed and the rest of us are aging, stories such as this based on memories of the day are golden. This is an easy read and quite entertaining while based on fact. Of course I have a few qualms with some of the details but overall this is a must have for those interested in the History of the RPG. A few minor things that jumped out at me was the original D20 being numbered 1-20 instead of 0-9 twice, the [I]Chaimail [/I]game was released by Guidon Games first, not TSR and certainly without the spiral binding. 1980 was the year TSR quaded not 1982 and other such nitpicking that occur to me BUT those are nothing to the overall storytelling and detail that this beautifully illustrated work bring to the table. I personally place this book as my 2nd favorite work on my families life right behind [I]Empire of Imagination[/I]."[/HQ] [CENTER][COLOR=#FFFFFF][FONT=Helvetica Neue][B]Save[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#FFFFFF][FONT=Helvetica Neue][B]Save[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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