The FBI's Gary Gygax file calls the original Dungeon Master "eccentric and frightening"

Cory Doctorow 11:08 am Fri Jun 16, 2017

Reason Magazine's C.J. Ciaramella filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the FBI for the Bureau's file on TSR, the company that E Gary Gygax founded when he created Dungeons and Dragons (now a division of Hasbro).

The file includes several paragraphs on Gygax noting "that Gygax was 'eccentric and frightening,' carried a weapon, proudly responded to every letter he received from an inmate, and had a Liberian holding company" and was "known to be a member of the Libertarian Party."

D&D Creator Gary Gygax's FBI Records Make Him Sound Like a Badass
[C.J. Ciaramella/Reason]

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