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

 

[Azzy]

Couldn't say. Though, I listen to Michael Jackson's music and like it, but couldn't defend anything he was ever accused of.

Yeah, Led Zepplin and a lot of other musicians that I've liked the music of... I can repudiate the people involved, but I still love the music.

 

[ReshiIRE]

Not to drift too off topic but I find that pretty difficult to do in a lot of ways. Perhaps not as much if the person involved is not active or if their transgressions / issues occur much after the fact of their particular art in question, but in many cases I've ended up giving up on a lot of stuff I previously loved because of the creators being shitters.

 

[Azzy]

Not to drift too off topic but I find that pretty difficult to do in a lot of ways. Perhaps not as much if the person involved is not active or if their transgressions / issues occur much after the fact of their particular art in question, but in many cases I've ended up giving up on a lot of stuff I previously loved because of the creators being shitters.

It's understandable. Sometime ignorance is bliss and the less you know....

The problem is that so many great artists were also horrible people in one way or another. But, then, the human race tends to be pretty horrible on average.

 

[jdrakeh]

"Anyone over 40 that played back then and enjoyed it, they want it back!"

Speak for yourself, Jim.

Yeah, I'm 44, played my first game of D&D back in 1983-ish, and I have ZERO interest in what these new TSRs (i.e. the Gygax/LaNasa TSRs) are bringing to the table.

[Edit: To be clear, Giantlands may be great (I'm skeptical based on the other things Ward has designed in the past decade or so), but that's not what I don't want. What I have zero interest in is the turbo-bigotry the new TSRs seem to be cashing in on.]

 

[CM]

This seems like a good time to trademark "T5R" and pump out inclusive oldschool-feel dungeon crawls for 5e.

 

[Faolyn]

Not to drift too off topic but I find that pretty difficult to do in a lot of ways. Perhaps not as much if the person involved is not active or if their transgressions / issues occur much after the fact of their particular art in question, but in many cases I've ended up giving up on a lot of stuff I previously loved because of the creators being shitters.

And I'm over here feeling guilty that I still like Buffy et al so much.

 

[Steampunkette]

This seems like a good time to trademark "T5R" and pump out inclusive oldschool-feel dungeon crawls for 5e.

See... Now I actually WANT to go ahead and start a Business named T5R, produce 5e Content, and put it up on the DMs Guild out of -spite-.

Inclusive 5e old-school style stories... Probably set largely in Ravenloft because I prefer it to Forgotten Realms... damn it.

 

[Aarkvard]

Maybe the real TSR is the friends we made along the way (No Not You Michael).

 

[Sacrosanct]

This seems like a good time to trademark "T5R" and pump out inclusive oldschool-feel dungeon crawls for 5e.

I am soooooo tempted because that's almost exactly what I'm doing lol

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

"Anyone over 40 that played back then and enjoyed it, they want it back! They are hoping this TSR becomes something that mirrors the old company!" just... just... just.... sigh...

I've been playing since 1979 and I know how to find OSR books and have plenty on my shelf. Leaving aside everything else that's happened, they've yet to proffer a product that sounds like something I don't already own or have played. (Gamma World with magic? Yeah, everyone with the 1E DMG played that one, thanks.)