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Don Kaye


Don Kaye was co-founder of TSR. Kaye saw the great interest generated by Gygax' first campaign appearance at GEN CON® in August 1973. He formed a business partnership with E. Gary Gyax in October 1973. This company was TSR (Tactical Studies Research), which released Dungeons & Dragons, the world's first role-playing game in 1974. In January 1975, Don Kaye died of a heart attack and E. Gary Gygax bought out Kaye's widow. Gygax later sold most of these shares to Brian Blume and his father Melvin due to cash shortage.

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