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<blockquote data-quote="M.T. Black" data-source="post: 9459512" data-attributes="member: 6782171">Flint Dille released a memoir a few years ago called &quot;The Gamemaster,&quot; and it discusses this era in some detail. It turns out that Gary frequently gamed in the TSR mansion in LA, and Dille was often at the table. In support of your prior point, it sounds like they played a lot more Chainmail than D&amp;D. Dille recalls the gaming room:&quot;There was a large open area, which had a couch and chairs and an assistant’s desk, and Matthew built us a giant hundred-square-foot sand table. There were some cubby shelves that contained Gary’s three thousand Elastolin medieval miniatures, which we used for playing Chainmail.&quot;He later says:&quot;It always seemed like there was a Chainmail game going on in the background. If the real player wasn’t there, somebody subbed for him. We encouraged people to randomly show up beyond the Sunday night games. The game must go on. And it did—probably didn’t stop for two years. There’d be new scenarios and riffs, but there was never an end.&quot;With regards to Gary feeling like he had &quot;already won,&quot; I don't get that perception. Instead, I think he was desperately trying to break into this new world of media, and having mixed success.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="M.T. Black, post: 9459512, member: 6782171"] Flint Dille released a memoir a few years ago called "The Gamemaster," and it discusses this era in some detail. It turns out that Gary frequently gamed in the TSR mansion in LA, and Dille was often at the table. In support of your prior point, it sounds like they played a lot more Chainmail than D&D. Dille recalls the gaming room: "There was a large open area, which had a couch and chairs and an assistant’s desk, and Matthew built us a giant hundred-square-foot sand table. There were some cubby shelves that contained Gary’s three thousand Elastolin medieval miniatures, which we used for playing Chainmail." He later says: "It always seemed like there was a Chainmail game going on in the background. If the real player wasn’t there, somebody subbed for him. We encouraged people to randomly show up beyond the Sunday night games. The game must go on. And it did—probably didn’t stop for two years. There’d be new scenarios and riffs, but there was never an end." With regards to Gary feeling like he had "already won," I don't get that perception. Instead, I think he was desperately trying to break into this new world of media, and having mixed success. [/QUOTE]

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