RPG Historian Shannon Appelcline Told to Cease & Desist by TSR- Ep.166

Shannon Appelcline, author of Designers & Dragons, received legal notice from TSR to stop posting D&D; material online in the 1990's. Thing was, he wasn't posting about D&D;! Listen to hear the story, and how Shannon came to write his comprehensive look at RPG history.  Ben’s book on RPG adventure design, Encounter Theory, is on DriveThruRPG. Click here to pick up this essential volume! Like Plot Points? Support it on Patreon at the $2 level, and you’ll get a sneak peek into Ben’s book about the sale of TSR to Wizards of the Coast! This chapter concerns TSR West, an effort by TSR to open an LA office devoted to producing comic books, an effort that failed rather impressively. It is the product of a dozen interviews with professionals from comics, gaming, and Hollywood, and as far as I can reckon, it is a tale entirely untold until now.   Image courtesy of Evil Hat Productions.   Theme music courtesy 50 Breaks.