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Item Information       Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content     More by this author     Witwer, Michael.     Subjects     Gygax, Gary     Dungeons and dragons (Game).     Fantasy gamers -- United States -- Biography.     Fantasy games -- History     Adventure games -- History.     Role playing.     Imaginary places.     Games -- History -- 20th century.     Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- Biography.     Inventors -- United States -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Witwer, Michael.       by title:      Empire of imaginatio...       by call number:      793.93 G996w     Search the Web     Witwer, Michael.     Gygax, Gary     Dungeons and dragons (Game).     Fantasy gamers -- United States -- Biography.     Fantasy games -- History     Adventure games -- History.     Role playing.     Imaginary places.     Games -- History -- 20th century.     Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- Biography.     Inventors -- United States -- Biography.       MARC Display

Empire of imagination : Gary Gygax and the birth of Dungeons & Dragons / Michael Witwer. by Witwer, Michael. Bloomsbury USA, c2015. Call #: 793.93 G996w Subjects Gygax, Gary   Dungeons and dragons (Game).   Fantasy gamers -- United States -- Biography.   Fantasy games -- History   Adventure games -- History.   Role playing.   Imaginary places.   Games -- History -- 20th century.   Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- Biography.   Inventors -- United States -- Biography. ISBN:  9781632862792 (hc.) 1632862794 (hc.) Description:  xiv, 302 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "The story of Gary Gygax, godfather of all fantasy adventure games. A dynamic, dramatized biography of Gygax from his childhood in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin to his untimely death in 2008. Gygax's magnum opus, Dungeons & Dragons, would explode in popularity throughout the 1970s and '80s and irreversibly alter the world of gaming. D&D is the best-known, best-selling role-playing game of all time, and it boasts an elite class of alumni--Stephen Colbert, Robin Williams, and Junot Diaz all have spoken openly about their experience with the game as teenagers, and some credit it as the workshop where their nascent imaginations were fostered. Gygax's involvement in the industry lasted long after his dramatic and involuntary departure from D&D's parent company, TSR (Tactical Studies Rules), and his footprint can be seen in the genre he is largely responsible for creating. But as Witwer shows, perhaps the most compelling facet of his life and work was his unwavering commitment to the power of creativity in the face of myriad sources of adversity, whether cultural, economic, or personal. Through his creation of the role-playing genre, Gygax gave two generations of gamers the tools to invent characters and entire worlds in their minds. Told in narrative-driven and dramatic fashion, Witwer has written an engaging chronicle of the life and legacy of this emperor of the imagination. Michael Witwer is a lifelong gamer and gaming enthusiast. He has degrees from Northwestern University and the University of Chicago, where this book first emerged as the subject of his master's thesis. He lives in Chicago, Illinois"--Provided by publisher. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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