Dungeon Master Today

: The history of Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson is a story in itself. They co-created the game in the mid-1970s, starting from a basement in Lake Geneva and eventually fueling the multi-billion dollar video game industry. You can find a detailed account of this journey in Rise of the Dungeon Master [8, 34].

: Another DM recounted a session where they intended for the Cheshire Cat to be a guide, but the players panicked and stabbed it to death instead [25]. Dungeon Master

: One DM shared a story about a player who wrote a tragic backstory for her character's twin sister. In response, the DM had a lich raise the sister as a death knight, forcing the player to kill her again with no chance for redemption—a classic example of a "cruel" DM move [33]. : The history of Gary Gygax and Dave