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sean f smith || he, him

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sean f smith || he, him @seanfsmith.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

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sean f smith || he, him @seanfsmith.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

She was the editor of an APA called Alarums & Excursions which was significant for getting odnd into the wider zeitgeist ── here's a fun exchange as documented on dmdavid.com/tag/meet-the... "You're a woman!!"

Her one personal encounter with Gary Gygax revealed a similar bias. Early on, Lee sent copies of A&E to TSR. After a couple of months, she received a phone call, which she recounts.

“This is Gary Gygax,” said the voice, “and I’d like to speak to Lee Gold.”

“I’m Lee Gold,” I said. “I gather you got the copies of A&E I sent you.”

“You’re a woman!” he said.

“That’s right,” I said, and I told him how much we all loved playing D&D and how grateful we were to him for writing it.

“You’re a woman,” he said. “I wrote some bad things about women wargamers once.”

“You don’t need to feel embarrassed,” I said. “I haven’t read them.”

“You’re a woman,” he said.

We didn’t seem to be getting anywhere, so I told him goodbye and hung up.

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sean f smith || he, him @seanfsmith.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Let me lead you into the Dark with Cypher and The Magnus Archives... startplaying.games/adventure/cm... #Cypher @montecookgames.com @startplaying.bsky.social #trpg

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