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October 29, 2015 09:19 am PDT

New biography of Dungeons and Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax

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Michael Witwer's Empire of Imagination is a new biography of Dungeons and Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax that not only tells the tale of this marvelous wizard but also explores the profound impact D&D had on popular culture, gaming, and geek culture. NPR spoke with Witwer for All Things Considered. Listen below.

"Many of the derivative games and maybe it's all of the derivative games we've talked about whether it be computer role-playing games or whatnot, they actually lack most of the most important fundamental elements of a role-playing game," Witwer says. "That is, sitting around with your friends and participating in this kind of group storytelling exercise: actually being in a room physically sitting at a table with nothing but pencils and paper and dice. There's something very special about that, and it's kind of a social experience that's pretty hard to frankly re-create over any type of electronic media."

Empire of Imagination: Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons & Dragons (Amazon)


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