TSR Who's running the TSR3 social media accounts?

Ernie Gygax (before he and Stephen Dinehart accused the whole affair of being orchestrated by WotC and then deleted their Twitter accounts) indicated that Justin LaNasa was running the social media accounts for TSR3, Giantlands, and Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum. After a full week of insults, barbed exchanges, and problematic statements from all three accounts, the following has been posted by...

Ernie Gygax (before he and Stephen Dinehart accused the whole affair of being orchestrated by WotC and then deleted their Twitter accounts) indicated that Justin LaNasa was running the social media accounts for TSR3, Giantlands, and Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum.

After a full week of insults, barbed exchanges, and problematic statements from all three accounts, the following has been posted by somebody who identified themselves as "Michael", perhaps suggesting that Justin LaNasa is no longer with the company (which seems unlikely), leaving many on social media to question whether "Michael" exists. The new TSR3 was founded by LaNasa, Stephen Dinehart, and Ernie Gygax, and despite the acrinomious social media activity, the former two founders' names have largely escaped much of the criticism.

UPDATE -- the below tweets now appear to have been deleted.

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Around the same time, the header above the available events at the Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum website was altered to read: "Most role playing games will be played in old school fashion so if you're easliy offended or Rude ! DO NOT PLAY !" (sic)

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So who is TSR3 co-founder Justin LaNasa? He was an American politician who ran for office in 2014 and 2020, and who was involved in a minor scandal during the latter campaign.

 

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Dessert Nomad

Adventurer
Why does he keep saying it's the first fantasy post-apocalyptic rpg on the market? No it's not. Heck, 15 years ago I put out Bleeding Sky which is exactly that, and I'm positive fantasy post-apoc rpgs have been out since the 80s.
Vance's Dying Earth series is a book series about a fantasy post-apocalyptic world that was published in the 50s, is listed in the 1e DMG as an inspiration for D&D. Dark Sun as a FPA setting for D&D was published in 1991, and I'm sure it's not the first time the idea was used. It's really weird to claim that post-apocalyptic fantasy hasn't been done before.
 


Kravenjest

Explorer
Anyone notice that mentions of Star Frontiers have disappeared from TSR3 social media? And several Fb posts have been updated today to clarify the difference between TSR3 and the original TSR.

Are we to assume WotC legal is now involved?
 

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Dausuul

Legend
Anyone notice that mentions of Star Frontiers have disappeared from TSR3 social media? And several Fb posts have been updated today to clarify the difference between TSR3 and the original TSR.

Are we to assume WotC legal is now involved?
Maybe, but it seems odd that TSR(3) wouldn't scream bloody murder if that were the case. It would play into their whole persecution shtick so well.
 

Kravenjest

Explorer
Maybe, but it seems odd that TSR(3) wouldn't scream bloody murder if that were the case. It would play into their whole persecution shtick so well.
Feels like a complete reversal from the “we are the real TSR” and “we already secured the rights to Star Frontiers” claims they were making a couple of weeks ago. Something must have happened.
 




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