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<blockquote data-quote="David Howery" data-source="post: 8732302" data-attributes="member: 17239"><p>finished this book yesterday. The contrast between the somber tone of William's tenure and Adkinson's rescue is extreme. It kinda goggles the mind that WOTC was so well placed with huge stacks of cash to rescue D&D from the creditors, as well as very eager to do so. And his complete turnaround on how the upper management was going to respect and work with the creative people was a treat to read. I particularly liked the story about how he unlocked the art deposit room and told all the artists to take their works, no questions. Riggs' point that Williams, no matter what she did during her tenure at TSR, ultimately saved the game by going forward with the sale to WOTC, who were well placed and enthusiastic about actually working on D&D. And the simple but effective payout to Gygax and Arneson to both heal the wounds and get them out of the process was something TSR could have done long before that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="David Howery, post: 8732302, member: 17239"] finished this book yesterday. The contrast between the somber tone of William's tenure and Adkinson's rescue is extreme. It kinda goggles the mind that WOTC was so well placed with huge stacks of cash to rescue D&D from the creditors, as well as very eager to do so. And his complete turnaround on how the upper management was going to respect and work with the creative people was a treat to read. I particularly liked the story about how he unlocked the art deposit room and told all the artists to take their works, no questions. Riggs' point that Williams, no matter what she did during her tenure at TSR, ultimately saved the game by going forward with the sale to WOTC, who were well placed and enthusiastic about actually working on D&D. And the simple but effective payout to Gygax and Arneson to both heal the wounds and get them out of the process was something TSR could have done long before that. [/QUOTE]
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