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You are right, Umbran, my post above does seem overly inquisitive and intrusive. It was meant well, I was just thinking that it would be even more of a tragedy if the family of such a pivotal individual in the history of roleplaying games had suffered as a result of his efforts to start up the...

PS Having checked, the article in Dragon 103 is a "TSR Profile" with no credited author, and the info re Don Kaye is simply mentioned in the text rather than a direct quote from anyone. Is anyone else obsessed enough by irrelevant trivia to point me in the direction of any other sources?

Fair enough - thanks for the info. I checked back on an article Gary wrote in Space Gamer 41 (1981) and he said: "Don cashed in a life insurance policy , and with the $1,000 it produced we formed Tactical Studies Rules." On the other hand, the details of the finances aren't really the thrust...

I suspect many of us are familar with the story of how Don Kaye cashed in his life insurance policy for $1,000 to finance the fledgling Tactical Studies Rules with Gary Gygax. I also understand that he died tragically two years later in 1975. The irony hadn't struck me before. Does anyone...

Really disappointed - I am also a sucker for maps, have money burning a hole in my pocket but... I have both of these laminated already! I worry that sales will be disappointing because any self respecting map geek already has these, and then we won't see any new ones:-((( On the other hand, if...

Actually, I'm pretty sure the packaging from Wizards included a line about the possibility of a small charge. Certainly our store is charging for the first time ever. Think about it - Wizards are keen to see a regular evening at the store given over to D&D. Now, with Magic, the store has a...

This has been a really interesting thread, with quite a few posts I was really impressed by. I always hate it when someone butts into a conversation and says "Hey, what you are really talking about is...", but anyway - many of the posts seem to be about "To what extent is it the...

(Long term lurker first time poster). I've found this thread very intersting as my experience tallies with the OP. There have been some very insightful replies, especially when trying to define the problem more accurately. As a GM I certainly went through a phase ?6-8 years ago when I was...