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By the time the entire series was on DVD, so was its companion series, Mr. 2002 would bring the first DVD sets of Peter Gunn. Before long, I was hunting for Henry Kane’s well-written paperback tie-in and the goofy Dell Comic (where Pete tracks down villains trafficking in counterfeit collectible postage stamps).

A set of Peter Gunn episodes on VHS followed in 1989 from Rhino Records. During my teen years, one of our local UHF stations briefly picked up reruns of the jazz noir detective series Peter Gunn (1958-1961) in the mid-1980s and I was instantly hooked. They remembered radio shows from their childhood, but the advent of television made more of an impact on them. My parents were born in 19, respectively. Read More Read More Back to the Books for the Theater of the Mind Back to the Books for the Theater of the Mind Today 64 pages might not seem like much for a rules book, but Gangbusters had plenty of information packed into those pages. The original version of Gangbusters included multiple maps, two ten-sided die, and a 64-page book of rules. Or they can be something in between, like a newspaper reporter or photographer. Or they can play the good guys and join the side of the law. Historical figures such as Al Capone or Pretty Boy Floyd might make an appearance along with fictional characters like Sam Spade or Philip Marlowe, but players also have the opportunity to play the bad guys. This is a game of cops and robbers, of gangsters and crime lords and Tommy guns. That being said, many of TSR’s other RPGs tend to have been forgotten by a wider audience though they might still have a community of followers.ĭesigned by Rick Krebs and originally published in 1982, Gangbusters takes place in the America of the 1920s and 1930s in the fictional Lakefront City. The science fiction game Star Frontiers to this day has a strong fan base, and the game Gamma World continues to find some love. However, TSR published a lot more tabletop roleplaying games than D&D. Though it no longer exists, the gaming company known as TSR, Inc., will always be associated with Dungeons & Dragons.
