Sensing the potential popularity of the game, in October 1973 the two men each invested in the venture - Kaye borrowed his share on his life insurance policy - in order to finance the start-up of TSR,[REF] which was initially run out of Kaye's dining room [REF].
In January 1974,[REF] they printed a thousand copies of the game and hand-assembled them in the basement of Gygax's house [REF].