Tabletop TSR is returning: The Birthplace of the RPG

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According to the Press Release:


TSR Games is Back

The studio behind the original Dungeons & Dragons has returned to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, under the guidance of Gary Gygax Jr. with the help of Wonderfilled, Inc.

Lake Geneva, WI, June 15, 2021 --(PR.com)-- Tactical Studies Rules (TSR) was founded in 1973 by E. Gary Gygax and Don Kaye. Originally formed in 2020, TSR Games is officially back and under the leadership of E. Gary Gygax Jr.

“I am thrilled to be part of this next generation of gaming and hope that you all find it cut the same cloth as all my old TSR experiences as we forge a new TSR Games,” said Gygax, continuing, “Thanks to the vision of our CEO Justin LaNasa, and the help of Wonderfilled, we’re bringing TSR back home to Lake Geneva. It really means so much to me.”

TSR was behind the original Dungeons & Dragons first released in 1974, now a worldwide phenomenon owned by Hasbro on its fifth and most popular edition yet. The team includes Justin LaNasa (CEO), Ernest G. Gygax Jr (EVP), Jeff R. Leason (COO, and Stephen E. Dinehart (CCO). LaNasa is a visionary and entrepreneur that has set out to reunite brands like TSR with the original talent behind them.

“It’s with great pride that we’ve managed to secure the TSR brand, born here originally in 1973 and brought back to the people who created this new form of game that changed the world,” said LaNasa.

In addition to the classic lines of products at TSR Museum and Dungeon Hobby Shop, TSR Games is working to bring a new generation of role-playing games and more to players worldwide. “Now more than ever, the world needs TSR,” said game designer Jeff R. Leason. “We’re happy to be bringing it back for experienced and new players alike.”


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TSR Games - Home of Role-Playing Games, Wargames & TTRPG
 
Well having the Wizard Tenser himself on board is heartening but I'll wait to really celebrate until I've seen an actual game come out of it.
 
bintananth said:
It'll be a disaster and the only reason it's going forward is because Gary Gygax Jr. provides name recognition and there are fools with money.
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I think it won't be much different from what it already was, except that with a TSR brand instead of the Wizards of the Coast one.
 
So having done a bit of looking, it seems their first product, GiantLands, is in preorder now. Details are a bit sparse but I've heard it's a classless percentile system. The cover certainly harkens back to DnD days with a scantily clad wench in a loincloth, a muscley dude who looks like Rambo, something like an Egyptian/plague doctor technopriest, and a rogue catfolk about to engage a big blue dragon-cow. It has a distinct sci-fi twist however as the characters seem to be carrying advanced firearms or some kind of energy staves rather than bows and swords.

Not straight DnD (That would have Hasbro on them faster than you can say lawsuit) but similar in inspiration. The loincloth girl and Rambo-guy suggests to me that they're not going woke, at least not enough to make all women ugly and a quarter ton while all guys are pale, scrawny, and have man-buns.
 
Bear Ribs said:
Not straight DnD (That would have Hasbro on them faster than you can say lawsuit)
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You mean they are an independent studio, not a Hasbro company like I thought it was? This changes things. A lot.
 
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It's always possible there's a company behind the company so I can't be certain but it looks like they're indie. The TSR copyright expired and they filed on it before Hasbro did which wouldn't be needed if Hasbro was just revamping a copyright they already owned.
 
Well the press release mentions the company Wonderfilled but from going from Wonderfilled's press releases, they almost seem to have the exact same people in both companies.

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So if that is the company behind the company, I wouldn't expect too many surprises.
 
If this does well, I hope they might be able to buy DnD one day and slowly repair the damage. I know it is unlikely, but just imagine the possibilities...
 
Huh, so apparently they're making a GiantLands theme park along with the tabletop game? That could have some problems...
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Husky_Khan said:
According to the Press Release:


TSR Games is Back

The studio behind the original Dungeons & Dragons has returned to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, under the guidance of Gary Gygax Jr. with the help of Wonderfilled, Inc.

Lake Geneva, WI, June 15, 2021 --(PR.com)-- Tactical Studies Rules (TSR) was founded in 1973 by E. Gary Gygax and Don Kaye. Originally formed in 2020, TSR Games is officially back and under the leadership of E. Gary Gygax Jr.

“I am thrilled to be part of this next generation of gaming and hope that you all find it cut the same cloth as all my old TSR experiences as we forge a new TSR Games,” said Gygax, continuing, “Thanks to the vision of our CEO Justin LaNasa, and the help of Wonderfilled, we’re bringing TSR back home to Lake Geneva. It really means so much to me.”

TSR was behind the original Dungeons & Dragons first released in 1974, now a worldwide phenomenon owned by Hasbro on its fifth and most popular edition yet. The team includes Justin LaNasa (CEO), Ernest G. Gygax Jr (EVP), Jeff R. Leason (COO, and Stephen E. Dinehart (CCO). LaNasa is a visionary and entrepreneur that has set out to reunite brands like TSR with the original talent behind them.

“It’s with great pride that we’ve managed to secure the TSR brand, born here originally in 1973 and brought back to the people who created this new form of game that changed the world,” said LaNasa.

In addition to the classic lines of products at TSR Museum and Dungeon Hobby Shop, TSR Games is working to bring a new generation of role-playing games and more to players worldwide. “Now more than ever, the world needs TSR,” said game designer Jeff R. Leason. “We’re happy to be bringing it back for experienced and new players alike.”


www.pr.com

TSR Games is Back

The studio behind the original Dungeons & Dragons has returned to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, under the guidance of Gary Gygax Jr. with the help of Wonderfilled,...
www.pr.com

TSR Games - Home of Role-Playing Games, Wargames & TTRPG
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Might be a good company to work for. I wonder if I can sign up?
 
That would be difficult, Slitherine/Matrix Games already cover that niche and own the rights to multiple SSI IPs.
 
The problem is that whoever would want to remake Gold Box games, would also have to get D&D license from Hasbro.
 
PsihoKekec said:
The problem is that whoever would want to remake Gold Box games, would also have to get D&D license from Hasbro.
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Well seeing as how TSR doesn't have the rights to D&D either, they could just makes video games out of whatever they're publishing instead.
 
Ever since this announcement, a handful of angry Tweeters have been trying to brigade TSR on Social Media. This is an example of just one of the numerous announcements or Tweets they've made in response to all of the deplorable people trying to cancel TSR for nebulous reasons.



Delve into the comments/replies of older tweets (or these ones given enough time) at your own risk. Lot of haters and bots trying to look for EVERYTHING they can to destroy these guys.
 
Husky_Khan said:
Ever since this announcement, a handful of angry Tweeters have been trying to brigade TSR on Social Media. This is an example of just one of the numerous announcements or Tweets they've made in response to all of the deplorable people trying to cancel TSR for nebulous reasons.



Delve into the comments/replies of older tweets (or these ones given enough time) at your own risk. Lot of haters and bots trying to look for EVERYTHING they can to destroy these guys.
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I'm honestly not sure what the heck is going on. Clownfish had a couple of videos on the matter, but they don't get into what started this or the why:



The second one though, GenCon has preemptively banned the new TSR from being allowed to come.

So yeah, this entire thing is a confusing mess, but it looks like it's about TSR deciding to focus on retro style RPGs rather than more modern ones and mainly focusing their marketing on the older crowd of tabletop gamers whom are seen as... less politically correct?

Yeah, I'm confused.
 
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