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The Ambush at Sheridan Springs - How Gary Gygax Lost Control of Dungeons & Dragons

AstroBryGuyAstroBryGuy Member Posts: 3,437
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An interesting history of TSR, and how in Gygax was pushed out of the company he founded and lost control of D&D in 1985.

https://medium.com/@increment/the-ambush-at-sheridan-springs-3a29d07f6836

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  • SCARY_WIZARDSCARY_WIZARD Member Posts: 1,438
    Unearthed Arcana was so close to being in the next Edition, but instead we got Half-Orcs and Assassins and Monks 86'ed, terrible multi-classing rules, and a bunch of things that were never play-tested. :| Eh, we got PlaneScape and Speciality Priests, though!
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