In 1973, Gary Gygax and Don Kaye founded TSR -- Tactical Strategic Rules. The next year, this company created Dungeons & Dragons.This cultural phenomenon had humble origins. Those origins include a hobby shop which Gygax established in 1976 at 723 Williams Street in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. TSR went through varied fortunes before Wizards of the Coast purchased the company in 1997. So did the hobby shop, which eventually became a museum about Dungeons & Dragons. It closed several months ago.Now the...
  • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    13·
    22 days ago

    Given D&D’s sudden popularity, I’m kind of surprised the museum closed recently.

    • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      22 days ago

      There’s a significant difference between “I want to do popular thing!” and “I want to delve into this topic so deeply that I take a road trip to Wisconsin”.

    • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      8·
      22 days ago

      It looks like the house was converted to have their offices on the bottom floor and then the living quarters on the top floors.

    • QuilotoaOP
      4·
      22 days ago

      I had a friend who lived in a house like that. He said it was a royal pain carting groceries up every time you went shopping.

      • raef@lemmy.world
        3·
        22 days ago

        Do they not have apartments where you live? Walk-ups, home conversions, etc. Everywhere I’ve lived, this was super common