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Dusk Eclipse
2011-02-03, 09:40 PM
For my IB business studies class I must make a written commentary on a company; and me being the big geek I am decided to make said work on TSR, the problem is that I haven't found a good reliable source to make the comment (wikipedia can only do so much, besides I am not sure the IB would accept it as a good source anyway).

So I come to the playground, expecting and hoping someone here has a link or something that might help me with my work.

Thanks in advance

Darrin
2011-02-03, 11:09 PM
For my IB business studies class I must make a written commentary on a company; and me being the big geek I am decided to make said work on TSR, the problem is that I haven't found a good reliable source to make the comment (wikipedia can only do so much, besides I am not sure the IB would accept it as a good source anyway).


TSR is somewhat trickier to research, because at the time everything interesting was happening, it never occurred to anyone to put down a reliable history of who did what when. A great deal of it has meandered into the realm of myths and legends.

WotC is a lot easier to chronicle, because almost all of it happened when the internet was around to document all the sordid details. Shannon Applecline has been working on a series that covers the history of RPGs, but he focuses mostly on his experiences with Chaosium. He does have some stuff on the early history of WotC, though:

A Brief History of Game #1: Wizards of the Coast: 1990-Present (http://www.rpg.net/columns/briefhistory/briefhistory1.phtml)
A Brief History of Game #2: Paizo Publishing: 2002-Present (http://www.rpg.net/columns/briefhistory/briefhistory2.phtml)

And, of course, can't forget John Tynes' account of Peter Adkinson's fall, "Death to the Minotaur (http://www.salon.com/technology/feature/2001/03/23/wizards)".

Dusk Eclipse
2011-02-03, 11:10 PM
Wow, that will work very nicely thanks.

Anxe
2011-02-03, 11:11 PM
Wizard's website has a small history.

http://www.wizards.com/Company/About.aspx