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Message: <blockquote data-quote="evildmguy" data-source="post: 8872393" data-attributes="member: 6092">Coming in late to this. On the book:  I, like several others, didn't like the prose.  It read like a transcript of a podcast, where each chapter was a podcast on a particular subject.  I think my negative reaction is due to it being called a History book and having that word in its title.  This is a book of stories.  I'm not saying he didn't do research, he did.  I'm saying that how he lays out the research in the book didn't work for me.  I got tired of the "genius" moniker he gave to so many, of ending paragraphs with a question or ellipses, and not having a timeline for each chapter.  Yes, the 9/11 contrast fell flat with me.  Despite the writing I didn't like, I did get insight into what was happening during the 90s, which I appreciate.  I knew nothing about WotC, as I wasn't into MtG, so that was interesting as well. On TSR:  I'm sorry it was a bad place to work at times.  I suppose most workers like me can say that it happens.  I do agree that Lorraine Williams kept the company going for longer than Gygax and the Blumes but obviously, all were human and none were business people. On myself:  I have been gaming for 42 years, and hope to double that.  I love gaming.  Live for it.  I was almost a total TSR fanboy.  I think the only things I didn't get were the Glorantha gazetteers and some board games.  I had Spelljammer, Planescape, Birthright, Red Steel, and more until it was taking up too much shelf space.  Further, I had never used or ran any of them.  I still have FR and Dark Sun and core rules books as well as all of my 3E stuff.  I played Spellfire (and am glad to understand why the art was reused) and Blood Wars.  I collected Dragon Dice.  Now I play PF1 and Level Up and use whatever rules or ideas make it fun for my groups.  I talk about myself because I did buy most of what TSR created and read it even if I didn't use it.  I wasn't following one brand, which appears to be more common. I'm curious about Peterson's book now and may read that next. Thanks for the conversation!</blockquote>

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