Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who (38 page)

restructuring of,
164
–65

and royalties,
150
–52

Tactical Studies Rules re-formed as,
98
,
149

Tunnels & Trolls,
107
–8,
134

Turnbull, Don,
148

Tutankhamen, King,
35

Ultimate Publishing Company,
163

Underworld & Wilderness Adventures,
72

United States Continental Army Command,
63

Universal Pictures,
165

Valley Forge
(war game),
112

Valley Forge National Historic Park,
44

Vampire: The Masquerade,
87

Vampire Hunter D,
14

vampires,
6
–7,
9
,
119
–20,
128

Vampire World,
12
–14,
23
,
153

Vampire World (author’s ongoing story):

bar brawl,
3
–4

on board ship,
14
–15,
16
–17

Dawn,
7
,
9
,
13

death and resurrection,
176
,
177
–79,
181

in desert city (Las Vegas),
119
–20,
122
–23,
126
–27,
129
–30,
167
–68,
170
–71

freedom fighters,
5

ghoul attack,
172
–73,
175
–76

invisible demon dog attack,
76
–77,
83
,
87
–89

journey,
115
–16

Nightfall,
7
,
13

pirates (fish-men),
14
–15,
16
–17,
20
–21,
25
,
27
,
29
–30,
75

player replacement,
204

spells in,
87
–89

vampires,
6
–7,
9
,
119
–20

Vance, Jack,
106
n,
148

“Vancian” magic,
106
n

Van Haneghan, James,
122

Vault of the Drow,
144

video games,
173
–74,
183
–84

video game trade show,
181
–82

Vishnu,
110

Von Horn, Maximilian,
196
,
198

Von Stein, Lieth,
159

wakizashi (sword),
81

Walters, David,
82

War Chess,
40

Ward, James M.,
69
n,
109
,
234

Ward, Pendleton,
129

war games:

all-powerful referee in,
57
–58

Braunstein,
57
–58,
243

discussion provoked in,
52

early evolution of,
40
–42

European roots of,
96
–97

fading interest in,
55

fantasy,
59

as fringe hobby,
91

gear for,
46

Gettysburg,
56
,
57
,
59
,
62

historical-miniatures battles,
45
–46,
52

Historical Miniatures Gaming Society,
43
–44

Kriegsspiel,
41
,
43
,
55
,
57

Midwest Military Simulation Association,
56
–57

in military training,
41
–42,
43

“Napoleon’s Battles Boot Camp,”
44
–53,
54

naval simulations,
63

play-by-mail,
63

role-playing,
57
–58

scale dioramas in,
45

simulations,
43
,
54
,
56
,
59
,
134

Strategos
training manual,
57

war-themed video games,
43

warlords,
210

War of Wizards,
100

Warriors of Mars,
92
,
93
,
108

Washington, George,
44

Watership Down
(Adams),
107

Weapons of Legacy
rule book,
19

Weikhmann, Christopher,
40

Weird Tales,
62

Weise, Bryan,
185

Wells, H. G.,
Little Wars,
41
–42,
43
,
55

Wesely, Dave,
57
–58,
112
,
243

Weslocke (cleric):

advancement of,
75

author’s character,
12
,
24
,
102

and invisible demon dogs,
77

meeting in Kyoto,
23

monster attack on,
27
–28,
29
,
75

spells cast by,
23
–24,
25
,
77

Wham, Tom,
138

White Dwarf,
148

Wilderness Survival Guide,
206

Williams, Lorraine Dille,
165
,
166
,
168
–70,
173
,
179

Williams, Skip,
105
,
141
–42

Williams, Walter “Deadeye,”
185

Witches of Chell, The,
234

wizards,
11
,
20

Wizards of the Coast,
32
,
90
,
174
,
248

D&D sold to,
179
–80

and D&D Summit,
202
,
203
,
204

and Fifth Edition,
207
,
208
,
209
,
217
,
235
,
252

Wizzrobe,
80

World of Greyhawk,
160

World War I,
42

World War II war games,
93

Wozniak, Steve,
64
–65

Wrigley, William Jr.,
141

Xanth
books (Anthony),
13

X-Files, The,
28
,
125
n

Yankovic, Weird Al,
24

yeth hounds,
89

yugoloths,
213

Zaentz, Saul,
140
–41

Zarlasa (wizard),
212
,
213
–14

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