Terrific article, Cecilia. I get where you’re coming from on Gygax. He was a brilliant guy who did much to launch an entire hobby and industry. But even as a kid playing AD&D, I felt myself pulling away from Gygax’s heavy-handed authoritarianism from the beginning. He encouraged a kind of “us vs. them” approach to…

I have a recommendation of a book people should avoid: Ready Player One.