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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 9646865" data-attributes="member: 4534">I finally finished the series.&nbsp; Holy cow!&nbsp; I had no idea TSR offered Gygax a sweetheart deal to settle his suit out of court.&nbsp; He would have gotten the AD&amp;D trademark and $500,000 in royalties annually for five years, but his own hubris prevented him from taking the deal.&nbsp; Gygax must have truly believed his argument that D&amp;D belonged to him and not TSR.&nbsp; Never mind the contract he signed with TSR when he was running the show, never mind how he told the other creators that signing rights over to TSR was no big deal because he was doing it, he truly thought he had a case.&nbsp; I would love to find out what discussing Gygax had with his lawyer over this, but that's most likely beyond historical inquiry.&nbsp; What a ride though.&nbsp; Gygax started from very modest means and suddenly rocketed to success with D&amp;D.&nbsp; Many of the mistakes he made were the same mistakes others in similar positions have made.&nbsp; I kept think of MC Hammer who hired family members and friends for &quot;jobs&quot; and they eventually bled him dry financially.&nbsp; The same thing was happening to TSR even through they were making money hand over fist.&nbsp; I'm not going to condemn Gygax for not being able to run a company, he probably did better than I would, but, man, the dude has multitudes.&nbsp; I'd really like to know when Williams decided to she was going to take TSR and if it had anything to do with how Gygax treated her.&nbsp; Until and unless Williams ever breaks her silence, there's probably a lot to the story we'll never know.&nbsp; I'd love to hear her input though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 9646865, member: 4534"] I finally finished the series. Holy cow! I had no idea TSR offered Gygax a sweetheart deal to settle his suit out of court. He would have gotten the AD&D trademark and $500,000 in royalties annually for five years, but his own hubris prevented him from taking the deal. Gygax must have truly believed his argument that D&D belonged to him and not TSR. Never mind the contract he signed with TSR when [I]he[/I] was running the show, never mind how he told the other creators that signing rights over to TSR was no big deal because he was doing it, he truly thought he had a case. I would love to find out what discussing Gygax had with his lawyer over this, but that's most likely beyond historical inquiry. What a ride though. Gygax started from very modest means and suddenly rocketed to success with D&D. Many of the mistakes he made were the same mistakes others in similar positions have made. I kept think of MC Hammer who hired family members and friends for "jobs" and they eventually bled him dry financially. The same thing was happening to TSR even through they were making money hand over fist. I'm not going to condemn Gygax for not being able to run a company, he probably did better than I would, but, man, the dude has multitudes. I'd really like to know when Williams decided to she was going to take TSR and if it had anything to do with how Gygax treated her. Until and unless Williams ever breaks her silence, there's probably a lot to the story we'll never know. I'd love to hear her input though. [/QUOTE]

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