Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association Rules (later TSR, Inc.) in 1973 to publish Dungeons & Dragons, they echoed part of the name of the LGTSA in the name of their new company; Blume later soon joined the partnership. The LGTSA continued to exist as a wargaming group well after the publication of "Dungeons & Dragons". Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association The Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association (LGTSA) was a prominent wargaming club active in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin during the early 1970s. At its inception around February and March 1970, it was originally known as the Lake Geneva Tactical Games Association, though this name gave way
Lake Manitoba Lake. It also was part of the route of the fur trade to Hudson Bay. The name derives from Cree "manitou-wapow" or Ojibwa "manidoobaa", both meaning "straits of Manitou, the Great Spirit", a toponym referring to what are now called The Narrows in the centre of the lake. These narrows were an area that the spirit could be heard. What exactly was heard, and in what exact location, seems to be a mystery. The lake was known to French explorers as "Lac des Prairies". The short-lived Republic of Manitobah and its successor the province of Manitoba both take their name