TSR Just when you thought it was all over.... now there’s a fourth TSR!

In the story that will never end, after having this week turned itself into Wonderfilled, Inc, and deleted its Twitter account, TSR is BACK AGAIN! Like again, again, again, again. Complete with old-school logo! And Michael appears to actually exist!

Michael K. Hovermale says in a press release that an unnamed individual (I’m guessing Stephen Dinehart) apparently ran all the social media accounts for TSR, Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum, Ernie Gygax, Justin LaNasa, and Giantlands. He goes on to say that this person has been replaced, and that all posts on those social media accounts are "invalid". There's no mention of Stephen Dinehart's social media accounts though.

Dinehart has left TSR3, taking Giantlands with him. Given that Star Frontiers mentions have been quietly removed a week or so ago, that would leave TSR3.5 without any roleplaying game products, as far as I can tell.

The existing (TSR3} website still says it's WONDERFILED (sic), Inc. However there’s now a NEW one at TSR Hobbies. We’ll call that TSR3.5 for now. I’m struggling to distinguish TSRs from tribbles at this point. They just keep on coming!

TSR - TSR3 Throws In Towel, Rebrands Wonderfilled

In the news story that never ends, after reversing its position earlier and admitting that it was NOT the original TSR reincarnated, the new TSR company, embroiled in acrimony for the last two weeks, and having blamed the widespread criticism it has received on Wizards of the Coast, has deleted...

www.enworld.org

I don't really know what to say anymore, but my job is to report the news. So here's the news.

TSR Appoints New Public Relations Officer; Responds to Social Media Mismanagement - PR.com

TSR has replaced the individual that was serving as both social media manager and information technology manager for TSR and The Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum.

www.pr.com

TSR Appoints New Public Relations Officer; Responds to Social Media Mismanagement​

Lake Geneva, WI, July 09, 2021 --(PR.com)-- TSR has replaced the individual that was serving as both social media manager and information technology manager for TSR and The Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum. This individual was also the social media manager for Giantlands, Justin LaNasa, and Ernie Gygax.

All posts on all social media accounts for TSR and Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum should be considered invalid.

All posts on all social media accounts of Justin LaNasa and Ernie Gygax should be considered invalid.

TSR is in the process of recovering the social media accounts of TSR, The Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum, and the personal Twitter accounts of Justin LaNasa and Ernie Gygax.

Michael K. Hovermale
Public Relations Officer
TSR

Ernie Gygax:
“I wish to speak directly to the transgender community regarding this incident. The individual who was speaking to you on Twitter does not represent me or TSR in any way. Trans people are always welcome to play with us. Everyone is welcome at our table.”
Contact
TSR LLC
Michael K. Hovermale PR Officer
(209) 819-7504

 

[Maggan]

And “Ten Car”????

A humorous take on "Tenkar" of Tenkar's Tavern, I believe.

/M

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

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That would be kinda sad since you just rebranded.

But that would also be awesome! I vote that you contact @dave2008 to create Those 5 Rogues! the company that promote 5e material with Classic Design and Modern Sensibility. Dave has a lot of awesome monster designs and you have a good product with Chromatic Dungeons.

DO.IT!

 

[FriendlyFiend]

The idea behind the phrase "you can't go back home again" is that so much has changed since you left that it's just not the same. Even if I were to pick up AD&D 1st edition, Unearthed Arcana, and some old Dragon magazines, I will never recapture the feeling I had playing the game because I've changed so much over the last 30 years.

That's very true. OTOH, I recently DMed a 5e game for a group of 40-52 year olds, all of whom came away buzzing in a way that I absolutely recognised from when I first played Basic D&D. We may not be able to go home again (and, dammit, DMing feels like a lot more work than it used to when I was in my early teens), but at least we can still invite others into that home for the first time.

 

[Steampunkette]

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That would be kinda sad since you just rebranded.

But that would also be awesome! I vote that you contact @dave2008 to create Those 5 Rogues! the company that promote 5e material with Classic Design and Modern Sensibility. Dave has a lot of awesome monster designs and you have a good product with Chromatic Dungeons.

DO.IT!

That is an amazing logo. And that is a hilariously good name.

Do it.

I Volunteer to be a Rogue.

 

[Steampunkette]

Heck. If they don't announce 5e Dark Sun at D&D Live this year I will write a Swords and Sorcery setting that is similar enough to fulfill the same niche without stealing the names and we can release it as a PDF for however much you want, Sacrosanct...

And I'm not kidding.

 

[Parmandur]

Much like with TSR 3, there were five minutes where that seemed like that could be an interesting storyline (an idealistic Hydra leader doing evil things for what he saw as the "right" reasons) and then it just fell apart into a hastily assembled pile of garbage.

I mean, that storyline was bad enough that I sort of tuned out of Marvel comics entirely: a textbook shark jumping moment.

 

[Marc_C]

Heck. If they don't announce 5e Dark Sun at D&D Live this year I will write a Swords and Sorcery setting that is similar enough to fulfill the same niche without stealing the names and we can release it as a PDF for however much you want, Sacrosanct...

And I'm not kidding.

If you type Dark Sun 5e in Google you will find a fan product that does that already.

 

[Steampunkette]

If you type Dark Sun 5e in Google you will find a fan product that does that already.

I'm referring to a marketable setting that can be sold, not just someone's 5e update of WotC held materials.

Something T5R (Those Five Rogues) could sell as a business.

 

[ECMO3]

I don't get all the hub-bub over "TSR". I was playing in the early 80s and I know what TSR is, but I don't understand why do people care about this name so much.

It is not like this is "Dungeons and Dragons" or even "Dragon Magazine".

 

[Umbran]

"There's a sucker born every minute" - P.T. Barnum

There are some who will believe it.

Yeah. We should remember that folks will tend to go with stories that support their preferred narrative. If it feels good to think that, some will think it.