Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who (37 page)

nerds,
26

New Infinities Productions,
171
,
234

Newton, Isaac,
Principia Mathematica,
134

Nicholson, Dan,
60

Nightfall,
7
,
13
,
119

Nightwind (human ninja),
81

Nintendo,
173
,
182

Nintendo Entertainment System,
80

Noer, Michael,
37
–39

Nordik (fighter),
212
,
213
,
216

Odin,
110

Official Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Coloring Album,
155

Old School Dungeon Crawl,
238
–42

One Ring,
78

Onomatopoeia
(stage show),
15

Optimus Prime,
229

Orcus (demon prince),
106

Origins Game Fair,
144
,
219

Osiris,
121

Otherworld Adventure,
185
–201

action,
193
,
196
–97

author as mage from Keer in,
186
–87,
190

author’s windup of,
201

Chris (staff),
189
,
191
,
198
,
199
–200

code of silence,
193
–94

female participants in,
188
–89,
194
–95

founding of,
194

ghosts in,
190

improvisation in,
198

as interactive theater,
194

as LARP,
185
–86,
189
,
194
,
195

props and sets for,
200

staff roles in,
199

Storyteller,
191
–92

storytelling emphasis of,
186
,
195
–98

sword fighting in,
190

Owl & Weasel,
97

paladins,
11
,
95
,
145
,
210
,
215
,
217

Palamades (Greek warrior),
36

Panzer Warfare,
93

Parcheesi,
34

Parker Brothers,
57
,
96
,
149
,
246

Peake, John,
97

Penny Arcade,
125
–26

Perren, Jeff,
64
,
72

Perrin, Steve,
137

Peterson, Jon,
Playing at the World,
113

Petrim (rogue),
212
,
213
,
216

phaser guns,
59

Planescape Campaign Setting,
210

player characters (PC),
10

advancement of,
22
,
65
,
75
–76,
133
,
134

alignments,
146

assassins,
100
,
145

author’s early character sheets,
78
–84

avatars,
77

barbarians,
11

bards,
15
,
76
n

classes of,
133
,
145
–46

clerics,
11
,
69
,
133
,
145
–46

control of,
15
–16

death of,
176
,
177

druids,
23
,
145

evokers,
20

experience points awarded to,
22
,
133

fighters,
11
,
145

learning from experience,
22

mind flayers,
94
,
127

monks,
100

moral codes of,
146

paladins,
11
,
145

personal histories of,
12
,
146

races,
146

rangers,
11
,
145

rogues,
11
,
23

sharing war stories,
89
–90

sorcerers,
11

specific skills of,
11
–12

storytelling,
7
–8,
128
,
130

thief,
95

wizards,
11
,
20

Poe, Edgar Allan,
62

Polichak, Jamie,
86
–87

Polymorph spell,
85

Potter, Harry (fict.),
121

Press
(club),
28

Prometheus,
121

psionics,
106

psychodrama,
121
–22

Pulling, Patricia,
159

Qaflan (philosopher),
35
–36

Queen Frupy,
143
n

Queen of the Demonweb Pits,
144

Queen of the Spiders,
144

Quest (LARPing group),
194

Radecki, Thomas,
159

Raise Dead spell,
179
n

Ramesses the Great,
34

Random House,
161
,
174

rangers,
11
,
94
,
145

Ravenloft (horror module),
164

Reddit,
154

Reiswitz, Georg Heinrich Rudolf von (son),
41

Reiswitz, Georg Leopold von,
40

Remove Fear spell,
77

Risk (war game),
57

Robbins, R. C.,
23
,
84

Roberts, Charles,
55
–56

Robilar (Kuntz),
66

Robin (fighter),
81

Robin and Marian
(film),
186

Rogersdotter, Elke,
34

rogues,
11
,
23

role-playing games:

classic hero’s journey in,
121

creativity in,
130

D&D,
4
,
6

fan demographics,
145

fantasy,
6
,
33
,
60
,
64
,
67
,
91
,
120
–21,
133
,
183

Grognardia blog,
207

history of,
33

and intellect,
123
–24

live-action (LARP),
185
–201

military simulations,
43
,
56
,
59

and novelty products,
154
–55

players writing the story in,
7
–8,
122
,
128
,
130

postapocalyptic,
27

prejudice about,
26
,
158
–60

primary conflicts written in,
8
–9

purpose of,
121
–22,
201

science fiction,
109
n,
122
n

war games,
57
–58

Rollefson, Gary O.,
33
–34

Roman, Steve,
126

Ruppert, Robert,
108

Russian Civil War,
58

rust monster,
138

Sagan, Carl,
228

sailing-ship games,
63

St. Andre, Ken,
107

Salinger, J. D.,
172

Sarazin-Levassor, Lydie,
115
n

Sarnge (bow of curses),
110

Schilling, Curt,
182
n

Schuh, Liz,
204
,
205

Science Fiction Forum,
28

Scrabble,
4
,
55
,
97
,
147
,
149
,
180

Searing Light spell,
23
–24

senet (board game),
35

Shadowrun,
27
,
82

Shahr-e Sukhteh, Iran,
34

Sheinberg, Sidney,
165

Shenk, David,
36

Shining, The
(film),
46

shogi (early game),
37

Shrine of the Kuo-Toa,
143
–44

Si (vampire),
89

Siegfried and Roy,
128
n

Silk Road,
36

Simbalist, Ed,
134

Simulations Publishing Inc.,
163

Sir Howland the Wolf Knight,
81

60 Minutes
(TV),
159

smart-phone games,
183

snakes,
95

Snow, Jodi,
183
–84

Sony,
173

sorcerers,
11

spattergroit,
202

spell casting,
20

Spellfire: Master the Magic,
174

sphere of annihilation,
144

Springer, Norman,
157
–58

Star Probe,
93

Starships & Spacemen,
122
n

Star Trek,
37
,
82

Star Trek: The Next Generation,
229
n

Star Trek: The Role-Playing Game,
26
,
82

Star Wars,
24
,
86
,
121
,
135

Steading of the Hill Giant Chief,
143

Stephenson, Neal,
128

Sterling, Bruce,
27

stink,
56

Strategic Review, The,
94
,
97
,
102
,
104
,
111
–12,
133
,
136
,
137

succubi,
106

Summit (Cold War simulation),
57

Summon Monster spells,
87
–89

Sunburst spell,
1

Sutherland, David,
133
,
138

Swallow, Shelley,
147

Swords and Spells
supplement,
109
,
112

Tactical Studies Rules Inc. (TSR):

and Arneson,
72
,
94
,
150

and Brian Blume,
72
,
94
,
98

and Burroughs estate,
92

and D&D,
71
–72,
91
,
92
–93,
95
–96

dissolved and re-formed,
98
,
149
;
see also
TSR Hobbies Inc.

and distribution,
96
–97

formation of,
71

and Gygax,
71
,
72
,
91
–98,
150

and Kaye,
71
,
73
,
98

ownership of,
71
,
72
,
98
,
150

and
Strategic Review,
94
,
97

Tactics, (war game),
56

Talib, Ali ibn Abu,
160

Taluug (barbarian),
23

Tealeaf (wizard),
252

Technomancer (hacker),
82

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,
26

Tékumel (fantasy world),
99
–100

Telekinesis,
80

Temple of the Frog,
100
–102,
143

Tenser (wizard),
65

Tenser’s Floating Disk,
65
n

Terik (Kuntz),
66

thief class,
95
,
133
,
145

Thompson, Rodney,
90

Thor,
109

tieflings,
210

Tolkien, J. R. R.,
182

The Hobbit,
126
,
141
,
156

Lord of the Rings,
5
,
10
–11,
103
,
140
–41,
156
,
185

Tolkien Society,
156

Tomb of Horrors,
144
,
206

Tomorrow with Tom Snyder
(TV),
157

Top Secret (spy game),
26
,
161

Totten, Charles A. L.,
57

Tractics (war game),
93

Trampier, David,
138
,
147

Trapper Keepers,
78

Traveller (sci-fi RPG),
135

Tresca, Michael J.,
The Evolution of Fantasy Role-Playing Games,
120
–21

Tricolor (book of rules),
92

troglodyte,
37
n

Troubador Press,
155

True Resurrection spell,
179

True Seeing spell,
87

TSR Hobbies Inc.:

Arneson’s departure from,
104
,
113
–14,
132
,
150

and Arneson’s lawsuits,
150
–52

and cash flow,
162
–64,
246

and competition,
107
–8,
134
–40,
173
–74

control of the company,
98
–99,
162
,
165
–66,
168
–70

and copyrights,
135
–36,
140

and D&D,
see
Dungeons & Dragons

downturn of,
174
,
235

expansion of,
104
–6,
141
–43,
145
,
160
–61,
163
–64

FBI visit to,
161

hobby business,
105

layoffs in,
164
–65

licensing deals with,
108
–9,
155
,
173

management structure of,
161
–62

mismanagement of,
163
–65,
168
,
169

periodicals of,
104
–5,
110
,
112

profitability of,
149
,
157
,
161