Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who (36 page)

Gerba, Phillip,
15
–17,
89
,
128

and D&D Next/Ewalt campaign,
228
,
252

as Ganubi,
16
–17;
see also
Ganubi

and Ganubi’s death and resurrection,
175
–76,
177
–79

Gettysburg (war game),
56
,
57
,
59
,
62

Gibson, William,
27

G.I. Joe,
180

Gimli,
11

Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl,
143

Gleep Wurp the Eyebiter,
102
n

Globe and Mail, The,
147

gnome,
146

Gnome Cache, The
(Ernst),
107

Go,
97

Godfather, The
(film),
130

Gods, Demi-Gods & Heroes
supplement,
109
–10,
111
n

Goldman, James,
163

Goliath,
62

Gore, Al,
172

Gore, Tipper,
159

Graben (warlord),
212
,
215

Graeme,
23
,
83
,
84

and desert city,
168

and ghoul attack,
173
,
175

and the pyramid,
119
–20

Graphic Printing,
72

Gray Mouser (Leiber),
140

Greenfield Needlewomen,
163

Greyhawk,
65
–70,
90
,
94
,
165
,
172
,
206
,
223
,
224

World of Greyhawk,
160

Greyhawk
supplement,
95
–96,
100

Grognardia,
207

grognards,
45

Gronan of Simmerya,
67

Guidon Games,
63
–64,
107

Gygax, Elise,
65
–66,
238

Gygax, Ernest Gary,
61
–64

and AD&D,
147
–48

after leaving TSR,
171
–72

and Arneson,
63
,
64
–67,
69
,
110
–14,
132
,
135
–37,
150
–52,
246

author’s pilgrimage to sites of,
248
–51

and Chainmail,
64

character names invented by,
102
n

collaboration with Arneson,
64
–67,
69

and D&D,
71
,
91
–94,
102
,
132
,
133
,
137
,
159
,
160
,
248
–49

death of,
172
,
231
–32

and distribution,
96
–97,
161

and Don’t Give Up the Ship!,
64

and Gary Con,
232
,
233

and Greyhawk,
65
–70,
160
,
165
,
172

in Hollywood,
162
–63,
165
,
169

and Kaye’s death,
93

Memorial to,
248

and publicity,
148
,
149

as public speaker,
126

and Tactical Studies Rules,
71
,
72
,
91
–98,
150

and TSR Hobbies,
98
–99,
151
,
162
,
165
–66,
168
–70

writings of,
112
,
137
–39,
143
–44,
148
,
171
–72

Gygax, Ernest Gary Jr. (Ernie),
65
–66,
238
–42

Gygax, Gail Carpenter,
170
,
248

Gygax, Mary Jo Powell,
63

Gygax number,
238

Hades,
109
–10

halfling,
146

Hall of the Fire Giant King,
143

Halo
4
video game,
134
n

Hanks, Tom,
158

Harrison, Gregory,
122

Harris-Warwick, Morgan,
124
,
131

and D&D Next/Ewalt’s campaign,
228
,
252

as Dungeon Master,
13
–15,
19
,
20
–21,
24
,
30
,
83
,
100

and Ganubi’s death and resurrection,
175
–76,
177
–79

and Otherworld,
185
–86,
193

and pirate/fish-men,
25
,
27
,
29

and Vampire World,
12
–13,
89
,
127
–28,
130

Hasbro,
180

Hawking, Stephen,
172

Hayes, Kristi,
188
,
194
–95,
197
–98,
200

Heber City, Utah,
157
–58

Hekaforge Productions,
172

Hellwig, Johann Christian Ludwig,
40

Heroes of Will,
206

Hickman, Laura,
164

Hickman, Tracy,
142
,
164

Historical Miniatures Gaming Society,
43
–44

Historicon,
44
–54

hit points,
18

Hobbit, The
(Tolkien),
126
,
141
,
156

hobbits,
9
,
11
,
141

hobgoblins,
215
–17

Holkins, Jerry,
126

Hollidge, Rev. John,
158

Holmes, J. Eric,
132
–34

Holy Roman Empire,
40

Homebrew Computer Club,
64

Hotel Clair, Lake Geneva,
141
–42,
250
–51

Howard, Robert E.,
59
,
62
,
67
,
140

Huizinga, Johan,
119

Hundred Years’ War,
45

illithids,
127
,
129
,
130
,
168
,
179

illusionist,
145

Inc.,
161

India, early board games in,
36

In Search of the Unknown,
133

Instructions for the Representation of Tactical Maneuvers Under the Guise of a War Game,
40

International Federation of Wargaming (IFW),
63
,
64

Invisibility spell,
87

Jackson, Steve,
97
,
134

Jaffe, Rona,
Mazes and Monsters,
158

Jhaden (ranger):

ancestry of,
94

in bar brawl,
3
–4

Bloodlust (sword),
19
,
20
,
29

on board ship,
17
,
19
,
21

and desert city,
120
,
123
,
129
–30,
168
,
170
–71

as freedom fighter,
5

and ghoul attack,
172
,
175

and invisible demon dogs,
76
–77,
83

and man-sized ants,
89

meeting in Kyoto,
23

and pirate/fish-men,
19
,
25
,
27
,
29
–30,
75

power attacks,
29
–30

Jobs, Steve,
43
n,
64
–65

Johnson, Kirk,
158

Johnson, Scott,
24
–25,
81

Jonathan (recruit),
84
–86

Jordan, ‘Ain Ghazal,
33
–34

Judges Guild,
108
–9,
136

Judges Guild Journal,
145

Jurament, Philotomy,
102
n

Kanterman, Leonard H.,
122

Kask, Tim,
102
,
104
,
105
–7,
110
,
111
,
149
,
234

Kaye, Don,
66
,
67
,
71
,
93
,
99
,
249

Kaye, Donna,
98

Keep on the Borderlands, The,
209

Keystroke (hacker),
82

Kilën,
252

Knights of the Round Table,
103

kobolds,
209

Kőnigsspiel (King’s Game),
40

Kottke, Daniel,
43
n

Krahulik, Michael,
125
–26

Kriegsspiel (war game),
41
,
43
,
55
,
57

Kubrick, Stanley,
46

Kuntz, Rob,
67
,
90
,
94
,
102
,
109
,
172

Kuntz, Terry,
66
,
102

Kurukshetra War,
36

La Compagnie des Hivernants la Rivière Saint Pierre,
243

La Conquête du Monde (The Conquest of the World),
57

Ladyhawke
(film),
81

Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association,
109

lamia,
44

Lankhmar (board game),
112

Leaf (rogue),
80
–81

Legend of Zelda,
80

Legolas,
11

Leiber, Fritz,
107
,
112
,
140

Lejendary Adventure,
172

Lewis, C. S.,
81

lich,
196

Linux operating system,
180

Little Big Horn (war game),
112

Little Wars
(TSR),
104
–5,
112

Little Wars
(Wells),
41
–42,
43
,
55

live-action role-playing (LARP),
185
–201

Living Room (enchanted room),
95

Livingstone, Ian,
97
,
165

Loch Gloomen,
136

Longbranch the Elf,
245

Loomis, Rick,
108

Lord of the Rings
(Tolkien),
5
,
10
–11,
103
,
140
–41,
156

Lost Caravans of Tsojcanth, The,
102

Lovecraft, H. P.,
86

Lucas, George,
135

Lucius Newberry,
163

Mad Marv,
219
,
221
,
222
–23,
225
–26,
227

mage from Keer (Dewey),
186
–87,
190

Magic: The Gathering,
174
,
203

Magic Missile spell,
25

magic spells,
61
,
106

magic-user,
133
,
145

Maliszewski, James,
207
–8

mancala (board game),
34

Mandaka (sword),
110

“Man-to-Man” rule book,
61

Matrix, The,
121

Mattel,
155

Mearls, Mike,
205
,
206
,
207
,
217
–18

Megarry, David,
58
,
60
,
92
,
93
,
99
,
105
,
243
–46

Melee (war game),
134

Men & Magic,
72
,
145

Mentzer, Frank,
162
,
164
,
171
,
233
–36

Metagaming Concepts,
108
,
134

Metamorphosis Alpha,
109
n

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
34

Microsoft,
182

Midwest Military Simulation Association,
56
–57,
59

Miller, Marc,
135

Milton Bradley,
57
,
149

mind flayers,
94
,
127

miniature figurines (minis),
19

Miniature Figurines Ltd.,
108
–9

Mohan, Kim,
171

Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan,
34

monk,
100
,
145

monomyth,
121

Monopoly,
4
,
6
,
22
,
55
,
95
,
96
,
97
,
149
,
180

Monsters & Treasure,
72

“Monty Haul” campaign,
81
n

Monty Python and the Holy Grail,
21

Moorcock, Michael,
140

Morgan, Alistair,
183

Mornard, Michael,
66
–70,
90
,
91
–92,
99
,
111

Moses,
36
,
121

Mr. Gameway’s Ark,
147

Mr. Potato Head,
180

Murlynd (Kaye),
66

Napoleonic miniatures battles,
92
,
113
,
244

Napoleonic wars,
40
,
48
,
57
,
59

“Napoleon’s Battles Boot Camp,”
44
–53

battlefield staging,
47

play,
47
,
48
–51,
52
–53

rules for,
49
,
51
,
54

scenario,
48

training scenario information chart,
51

Napoleon’s Imperial Guard,
45

National Newspaper Syndicate,
165

Nefertari, Queen,
34
–35