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100 1 Kushner, David,|d1968-|eauthor.
245 10 Rise of the dungeon master :|bGary Gygax and the creation
of D & D /|cDavid Kushner and Koren Shadmi.
264 1 New York :|bNation Books,|c[2017]
264 4 |c©2017
300 136 pages :|billustrations ;|c23 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
336 still image|bsti|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
380 Comic or graphic novel|2marcgt
380 Biography|2marcgt
520 "Rise of the Dungeon Master tells, in graphic form, the
story of Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, one
of the most influential games ever made. Like the game
itself, the narrative casts the reader into the adventure
from a first person point of view, taking on the roles of
the different characters in the story. Gygax was the son
of immigrants who grew up in Lake Geneva, WI, in the
1950s. An imaginative misfit, he escaped into a virtual
world based on science fiction novels, military history
and strategic games like chess. In the mid-1970s, he co-
created the wildly popular Dungeons & Dragons game,
determining the rules and inventing the signature 20-sided
dice. Starting out in the basement of his home, he was
soon struggling to keep up with the demand. Gygax was a
purist, in the sense that he was adamant that players use
their imaginations and that the rules of the game remain
flexible. A creative mind with no real knowledge of
business, he made some strategic errors and had a falling
out with the game's co-creator, his close friend and
partner, David Arneson. By the late 1970s the game had
become so popular among kids that parents started to worry
-- so much so that a mom's group was formed to alert
parents to the dangers of role play and fantasy. The
backlash only fueled the fires of the young fans who
continued to play the game, escaping into imaginary
worlds. Before long, D & D conventions were set up around
the country and the game inspired everything from movies
to the first video games. With D & D, Gygax created the
kind of role playing fantasy that would fuel the
multibillion dollar video game industry, and become a
foundation of contemporary geek culture"--|cProvided by
publisher
600 10 Gygax, Gary.
600 17 Gygax, Gary.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01925739
650 0 Dungeons and Dragons (Game)
650 1 Games|vFiction.
650 1 Games|vCartoons and comics
650 7 GAMES|xRole Playing & Fantasy.|2bisacsh
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655 4 Graphic novels.
655 7 Graphic novels.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01726630
655 7 Biographical comics.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01921595
655 7 Nonfiction comics.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01921721
655 7 Graphic novels.|2lcgft
700 1 Shadmi, Koren,|eillustrator.
776 08 |iOnline version:|aKushner, David, 1968-|tRise of the
dungeon master.|dNew York : Nation Books, 2017
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