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

by Michael Witwer

Book Overview

The life story of Gary Gygax, godfather of all fantasy adventure games, has been told only in bits and pieces. Michael Witwer has written 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1632862794
• ISBN13: 9781632862792
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

An interesting and sad read.

If you ever wanted to know about the man/men who created the most famous tabletop RPG Duneons & Dragons and it’s origins, then this book is for you. It takes you from Gary Gygax’s childhood, throughout his marriages, life with his kids and his founding of TSR hobbies and ultimately his ousting from his own company by what I would call traitors but he had bad judgement or some would say he had no other options for his choice of business partners. A great read for RPG lovers.