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The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

And here is your host, David Barr Curtley.

Hello, and welcome to episode 489 of Geeks Guide to the Galaxy.

Our guest today is John Peterson.

He's the author of the books Playing at the World and The Illusive Shift.

And co-author of the book Dungeons and Dragons, Art and Arcana,

all of which deal with a history of Dungeons and Dragons.

He's also the co-author of the Dungeons and Dragons-themed cookbook Heroes Feast.

And we'll be speaking with him today about his new book Game Wizards,

the epic battle for Dungeons and Dragons,

about the long-running feud between Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson over who should be considered the true creator of Dungeons and Dragons, about the long-running feud between Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson

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