‘The Great Kingdom’ D&D Doc Up for Funding on Kickstarter

Jun 28, 2014

A documentary currently looking for crowd funding is The Great Kingdom, a look at the rise and fall of the creators of Dungeons and Dragons. While the doc appears to focus quite a bit on the darker aspects of the the effects of the franchise’s success (and lets hope we aren’t subjected to the devil worship BS and stupid so called antisocial aspects of D&D nonsense which seems to rear their heads in roleplaying docs) The Great Kingdom looks like it could be interesting. I will point out the trailer has a bit of humor so the D&D story might be in good hands.

About the project:

In 1969, GARY GYGAX, a family man and an insurance underwriter with an entrepreneurial mind meets DAVE ARNESON, an idle, yet brilliant game designer. Their collaboration would change the world, their families and themselves.

This is the remarkable true life story of the rise and fall of Gary Gygax, Dave Arneson and the people behind the creation of the epic role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons.

THE GREAT KINGDOM explores the personalities behind the game and the families they engendered. This is the saga of the people who brought a company from its humble basement beginnings and transformed it to a multi-million dollar corporation. A story for our time that parallels the rise, fall and redemption of Steve Jobs and echoes the who-invented-what question of the creation of Facebook.

The story of families, both blood and personal bond, affected by the success of the game, a game that brought joy to millions and heartbreak to its creators. What happens to these individuals as they weather through the success; the excess, the betrayals, the downfalls and eventual redemptions, all takes place in THE GREAT KINGDOM.

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Jeff McAleer

Founder/Editor-in-chief of The Gaming Gang website and host of The Gaming Gang Dispatch and other TGG media for fifteen years, Jeff takes on any and all sorts of games but is especially ready to tackle roleplaying games and strategy games. He's been involved with the hobby since he was just a wee grade school lad, over four decades ago.