TSR James M Ward: Meeting Gary Gygax and Learning D&D

[John Cochrane]

Absolutely priceless story! You know, I'd gladly pay to read such articles. I'd prefer a printed book of them, but even on Patreon by-the-story would work for me. Unless you have an aversion to money. These are the kind of tales only you can tell, sir. I crave to hear first hand accounts of the early days of the best game ever. Thank you for everything you have done to make the game what it is.

 

[Morrus]

Absolutely priceless story! You know, I'd gladly pay to read such articles. I'd prefer a printed book of them, but even on Patreon by-the-story would work for me. Unless you have an aversion to money. These are the kind of tales only you can tell, sir. I crave to hear first hand accounts of the early days of the best game ever. Thank you for everything you have done to make the game what it is.

He’s being paid for them, don’t worry!

If you want to contribute though, please be sure to support the EN World Patreon! That’s how we pay folks like James Ward! I’d love to pay more awesome industry legends for columns like this.

https://www.patreon.com/enworld

 

[messy]

i just had a nerdgasm.

 

[vtaltos]

This had me wondering if there exists any video or audio of Gary DMing a D&D game. I think that would be fascinating.

 

[MNblockhead]

This had me wondering if there exists any video or audio of Gary DMing a D&D game. I think that would be fascinating.

I'm hoping that the forthcoming documentary, The Dreams from Gary's Basement contain footage of Gary running games, but I have no idea if it will.

What I have found is:

Gary running a game of White Box D&D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ5SoBJ8EWY

But that's only 36 seconds with lots of background noise. Also filmed later in life. Would be interesting to find footage from the earliest days.

There is also a D&D Online game that Gary Narrates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL04oSktUxA

 

[John Cochrane]

Done! Great suggestion. Brings my total to 2 automatic and 1 by-the-piece. Tiny level, to be sure, but every drop helps fill the cup.