D&D General The True Story Behind Mazes & Monsters

[Ralif Redhammer]

While it's entirely possible that he took good shorthand notes or kept tape records, from what little I know of William Dear, I suspect not.

"I think he went way overboard with all his quotation marks. After all these years, I don't know how he could remember all those conversations."

The aunt said this. While reading the book, the same thought occurred to me. Dear wrote it four years after what happened. The book is FULL of intimate conversations and small details. I recall thinking at the time, how the heck did he remember all that? Either he is good at inventing dialog, or he has a photographic memory for conversational details. Or a bit of both.

Also, I was wondering what Dear was up to these days. It looks like his last book was..."O.J. is Innocent and I Can Prove It: The Shocking Truth about the Murders of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman."

 

[Mannahnin]

Also, I was wondering what Dear was up to these days. It looks like his last book was..."O.J. is Innocent and I Can Prove It: The Shocking Truth about the Murders of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman."

Yeah. Not exactly credible.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Regarding tunnel systems under college campuses, I am pretty sure Call of Cthulhu was publishing adventures set in tunnels under a certain fictional university campus, which was based on the typical large campus you would see in New England or the upper Midwest, around the same time this supposedly happened. Coincidence?

 

[Mannahnin]

Regarding tunnel systems under college campuses, I am pretty sure Call of Cthulhu was publishing adventures set in tunnels under a certain fictional university campus, which was based on the typical large campus you would see in New England or the upper Midwest, around the same time this supposedly happened. Coincidence?

CoC was first published in 1981, so it would certainly be a topical reference if they had.

I don't recall any such adventure, but I don't have a very comprehensive knowledge of CoC material. Which adventures are you referring to?

 

[thom_likes_gaming]

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The True Story Behind Mazes & Monsters

The Dungeon Master: The Disappearance of James Dallas Egbert III

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Wow, great read, thank you.
Not living in the US, I had never really heard the full story.

 

[DarkCrisis]

The actual story would make a much better movie than the Tom Hanks movie.

That movie is the greatest D&D movie yet created, though.

 

[Nebulous]

Wow, great read, thank you.
Not living in the US, I had never really heard the full story.

Thanks @thom_likes_gaming . As others have pointed out, the article is a summary of the book. Much of it IS factual. Some of it is undoubtedly sensationalized for fame. I don't know how to weigh it one way or another. These events happened, and they had an influence on our collective hobby for a long while.

 

[Nebulous]

That movie is the greatest D&D movie yet created, though.

I think if someone could resurrect this old book by William Dear, THAT would be a great movie.