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=== TSR === Beginning in 1975, Gen Con was managed and hosted by [[TSR, Inc.]], original publisher of the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' [[role-playing game]].{{sfn|Peterson|2012|p=530}} During the following decade the event grew and was hosted at a variety of southern Wisconsin locations, including an [[American Legion]] Hall, [[Aurora University|George Williams College]], and the former Lake Geneva [[Playboy Club|Playboy Resort]]. In 1978 the convention moved to the [[University of Wisconsin–Parkside]] campus in [[Kenosha, Wisconsin|Kenosha]], where it remained through 1984.<ref name="Miller2002" /> A Gen Con West was held in California for only three years, 1976–1978.<ref name="Gen-Con-complete-timeline" /> From 1978 to 1984, Gen Con South was held in [[Jacksonville, Florida]],<ref name="Gen-Con-complete-timeline" /> and Gen Con East was held in 1981 and 1982, first in [[Cherry Hill, New Jersey]], and then in [[Chester, Pennsylvania]].<ref name="Gen-Con-complete-timeline" />
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