What did “TSR” stand for?
No, it doesn’t stand for “They Sue Regularly.” As outlined above, it originally stood for “Tactical Studies Rules.” When the company incorporated, it changed its official name to “TSR Hobbies, Inc.,” and later to “TSR, Inc.,” which isn’t short for anything–especially now that it has been completely absorbed into Wizards of the Coast and Wizards of the Coast, in turn, has been bought by Hasbro. As of August 2000, the “TSR” logo and company name is longer used on *D&D products. (More than twenty-five years of habits die hard, however; with all the buyouts in the last few years, some people have taken to using “TSR” to refer to “whatever company is currently publishing *D&D or has ever published *D&D.
No, it doesn’t stand for “They Sue Regularly.” As outlined above, it originally stood for “Tactical Studies Rules.” When the company incorporated, it changed its official name to “TSR Hobbies, Inc.,” and later to “TSR, Inc.,” which isn’t short for anything–especially now that it has been completely absorbed into Wizards of the Coast and Wizards of the Coast, in turn, has been bought by Hasbro. As of August 2000, the “TSR” logo and company name is longer used on *D&D products.
