2022年7月26日 · In OSR-adjacent circles, the general opinion of Lorraine Williams seems to basically be that she was the devil incarnate. However, given the sheer amount of misogyny and fat-shaming that usually gets thrown at her, as well as the fact that her most vocal critics are people like Gary Gygax and...

2024年8月5日 · The recent conclusion of the excellent podcast series, When We Were Wizards (review here) brought up the topic of Lorraine Williams. Much like the book, Game Wizards (review here), the podcast presents Lorraine Williams and the ouster of Gygax from TSR in a very different light than what was commonly received before. For that reason, I am ...

2021年10月21日 · Here it is- Lorraine Williams was a positive influence on D&D. Let me start with the traditional narrative about Lorraine Williams (I'm just going to use "Lorraine" from here on out, because her first name is more distinctive) that many older gamers either say, or have been taught-The Great God Gygax ran his kingdom of TSR, and all were happy.

2007年12月31日 · RIFTS, the most popular title that Palladium has ever released, has sold 250,000 copies or so in it's lifetime. That sounds like a lot, until you consider that's the size of a single print-run of a single version of the PHB from a single-edition. Had Lorraine Williams purchased Palladium instead of TSR, I sincerely doubt you'd see the same ...

2024年8月5日 · Williams was the CEO, and so bears ultimate responsibility for all that was done at TSR, but as an individual, she delegated decisions to others, and approved proposals brought to her. I doubt she was combing through the trades, seeing Mayfair's ads for Invincible Overlord, and clenching her fist, saying "Gygax!"

2019年10月15日 · Lorraine Williams is often attacked to this day of single handily destroying TSR. Whenever people talk about the TSR failing, it's always, and only, Lorraine they talk about. I'm not excusing her bad business decisions (refusal to playtest products, and bad financial planning of taking Random House up front money before products were even sold).

2007年12月31日 · That cease and desist period cemented the view of Lorraine Williams vs. Gygax as the Uber-Hag. Because that attitude pervaded the online RPG community, it became a sort of "received knowledge", an "accepted canon" concerning Lorraine Williams that was passed on to the community as it grew over the years. That attitude persists to this very day.

2007年12月31日 · did Lorraine Williams the devil manager of game ing. She throttled the Geneva con. until most fan were long gone and what if church nearly had the game banned by the end most everyone was canned. By Lorraine, by Lorraine Williams the devil manager of game ing. TSR Employees (Chorus Singing) Swing your budget wide! Lorraine, hold it to the skies.

2024年8月5日 · In my case, I generally consider Gary, Kevin Blume, and Lorraine Williams to all be terrible for different reasons. I never moved in the circles online where the insults about her appearance and weight were going around, but I did observe the "They Sue Regularly" complaints, including from people who got sent C&Ds during Williams tenure.

2022年7月26日 · Lorraine Williams was a clueless rich lady with control issues and bad management skills Gary Gygax was an opinionated, petty man (tomb of horrors speaks volumes) that took other people's ideas and pretended they were his own and his actions are probably why gaming took so long to mature. Both can be true independently.