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About:Lorraine Williams

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Lorraine Dille Williams is an American businesswoman. She was hired as manager of TSR, Inc. by company co-founder Gary Gygax in 1984, and was in charge of the gaming company from 1986 to 1997. Williams gained control of TSR in October 1985 when the Blume brothers sold her their controlling shares of the company. In 1996, an unexpectedly high cost of returned (unsold) fiction books and an expensive, unsuccessful foray into the collectible card game market caused a cash flow squeeze, and Williams sold TSR to Wizards of the Coast in 1997.

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  • Lorraine Dille Williams is an American businesswoman. She was hired as manager of TSR, Inc. by company co-founder Gary Gygax in 1984, and was in charge of the gaming company from 1986 to 1997. Williams gained control of TSR in October 1985 when the Blume brothers sold her their controlling shares of the company. In 1996, an unexpectedly high cost of returned (unsold) fiction books and an expensive, unsuccessful foray into the collectible card game market caused a cash flow squeeze, and Williams sold TSR to Wizards of the Coast in 1997. Williams inherited the rights to Buck Rogers and a large collection of Buck Rogers memorabilia. She sold the memorabilia at auction in 2010. (en)
  • Lorraine Dille Williams (1949) è un'editrice statunitense, che ha diretto la Tactical Studies Rules (TSR) dal 1986 al 1997. Williams fu assunta come manager della compagnia da Gary Gygax nel 1984. L'anno seguente ottenne il controllo della compagnia quando i fratelli Blume (Brian e Melvin) le cedettero la loro quota della società. Nel 1996 un inaspettato alto ritorno di libri di narrativa invenduti dalle librerie e un tentativo fallito nel lancio del gioco collezionabile Dragon Dice, causò gravi problemi finanziari, forzando la Williams a vendere la TSR alla Wizards of the Coast nel 1997. Williams aveva ereditato i diritti su Buck Rogers e una grande collezione di memorabilia correlati al personaggio, che successivamente vendette all'asta. (it)
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  • Lorraine Dille Williams is an American businesswoman. She was hired as manager of TSR, Inc. by company co-founder Gary Gygax in 1984, and was in charge of the gaming company from 1986 to 1997. Williams gained control of TSR in October 1985 when the Blume brothers sold her their controlling shares of the company. In 1996, an unexpectedly high cost of returned (unsold) fiction books and an expensive, unsuccessful foray into the collectible card game market caused a cash flow squeeze, and Williams sold TSR to Wizards of the Coast in 1997. (en)
  • Lorraine Dille Williams (1949) è un'editrice statunitense, che ha diretto la Tactical Studies Rules (TSR) dal 1986 al 1997. Williams fu assunta come manager della compagnia da Gary Gygax nel 1984. L'anno seguente ottenne il controllo della compagnia quando i fratelli Blume (Brian e Melvin) le cedettero la loro quota della società. Nel 1996 un inaspettato alto ritorno di libri di narrativa invenduti dalle librerie e un tentativo fallito nel lancio del gioco collezionabile Dragon Dice, causò gravi problemi finanziari, forzando la Williams a vendere la TSR alla Wizards of the Coast nel 1997. (it)
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