Eric and the Dread Gazebo

"Eric and the Dread Gazebo", also known as just "The Gazebo story", is a role-playing game anecdote, made famous by Richard Aronson (designer of The Ruins of Cawdor, a graphical MUD, and the voice of Cedric in King's Quest V). Aronson's account first appeared in print in the APA Alarums and Excursions #139, (March, 1987).