This is the multi-year Q&A sessions held by D&D co-creator Gary Gygax here at EN World, beginning in 2002 and running up until his sad pasing in 2008. Gary's username in the thread below is Col_Pladoh, and his first post in this long thread is Post #39.
TSR Q&A with Gary Gygax
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This is the multi-year Q&A sessions held by D&D co-creator Gary Gygax here at EN World, beginning in 2002 and running up until his sad pasing in 2008. Gary's username in the thread below is Col_Pladoh, and his first post in this long thread is Post #39.
Col_Pladoh
Gary Gygax
Geoffrey said:
Howdy Geoffrey
Fact is that we play-teted a set of rules similar to the ones now used in the LA game system in a fantasy-science milieu very like the LEJENDARY ASTEROGUES one back about eight years now. The 'ASTEROGUES core rules are good to go, but I have not finished the campaign base setting personality details and plots-counter-plots thread. As with many a writer, last minute pressure makes me perform more quickly. Anyway...
We are in process of making a major move, likely in a couple of month's time to be announced, to expand the LA game and build audience, so I would have to project the release of the LAR Fantastical Science genre books to late 2004 or maybe 2005. A good deal of regular LA game product needs to see print before the go afield--a primer set, core rules additions, the LE world deities book, a sourcebook or two, and a number of new adventure modules have to get out first. When we do the LAR expansion, I do believe I'll have to begin running a campaign of it every other week because I really have fun with the genre
Cheers,
Gary
Col_Pladoh
Gary Gygax
Ed Cha said:
How insensitive of you to agree with me, and to do si with a word having absolute religious denotations too! You must think, speak, and act the way set down by Authority!
Heh,
Gary
MerakSpielman
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My group was 4 females, 3 males for a long time. Now we're 5 females, 5 males, though we run 4 campaigns and we're not all there for each one. 3 DMs are male and 1 is female. The ages of members of our group: 10, 15, 16, 25, 25, 36, 37, 40, 49, and 51.Col_Pladoh said:
Maybe we're just more diverse than a lot of people.
Joseph Elric Smith
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Oh I see Alan trying to stir things up a bit. So has any one heard whether gary has gotten access back to enwolrd? last I had heard that was why he stopped responding had difficulty in logging ingrodog said:
Ken
sluggo the sleazebag
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Hey there Gary...
Glad to hear that Castle Z is moving right along. How exciting it must be to share it with your fans after all these years. In the meantime, I hope you won't mind fielding a couple design questions.
I'm sure you've had some great ideas pop up over the years. Ideas that, for one reason or another, you couldn't put to paper. What I want to know is: How much of Castle Z will absorb those sudden moments of satori, and how much of it will retain its original splendor?
I'm also curious as to whether your extensive gaming experience has tempered the encounters therein or have you chosen to preserve the Castle as it first appeared when Robilar and company made their initial forays?
The desire to build upon one's early work is a temptation not easily overcome. You could hardly be condemned for doing so, but I imagine there's a percentage of fans who would hope for either result. What can you share about your design plans so far?
Sincerely,
Sluggo
Glad to hear that Castle Z is moving right along. How exciting it must be to share it with your fans after all these years. In the meantime, I hope you won't mind fielding a couple design questions.
I'm sure you've had some great ideas pop up over the years. Ideas that, for one reason or another, you couldn't put to paper. What I want to know is: How much of Castle Z will absorb those sudden moments of satori, and how much of it will retain its original splendor?
I'm also curious as to whether your extensive gaming experience has tempered the encounters therein or have you chosen to preserve the Castle as it first appeared when Robilar and company made their initial forays?
The desire to build upon one's early work is a temptation not easily overcome. You could hardly be condemned for doing so, but I imagine there's a percentage of fans who would hope for either result. What can you share about your design plans so far?
Sincerely,
Sluggo
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Col_Pladoh
Gary Gygax
Ho There, DM_Rocco!
For some reason I didn't get notice of your post, so pardon the late response. As i am working on three separate design projects I confess it would have been a couple of days lag, but...
Seems to me you and your group played the ToH absolutely right, grabbing the goodies and beating it, just at robilar did
Heh, and your Robillard PC story is amusing. Rob Kuntz's Robliar first adventured in the winter of '72, so he is the elder, but you've probably gotten in more action with Robillard than Rob has managed with his PC. Like me, Rob had DMing duties first.
As for adventuring with Mordenkainen, no offense, but most certainly not. I have no idea as to your DMing style, and so he stays home. When Ernie, Rob, Terry, and I took our top PCs into Jim Ward's specially prepared dungeon adventure the first attack was by a lich with a rof of Cancellation. That experience was quite sufficient to teach us all to be wary...and Jim is a known DM and former player in our campign.
Cheers,
Gary
For some reason I didn't get notice of your post, so pardon the late response. As i am working on three separate design projects I confess it would have been a couple of days lag, but...
Seems to me you and your group played the ToH absolutely right, grabbing the goodies and beating it, just at robilar did
Heh, and your Robillard PC story is amusing. Rob Kuntz's Robliar first adventured in the winter of '72, so he is the elder, but you've probably gotten in more action with Robillard than Rob has managed with his PC. Like me, Rob had DMing duties first.
As for adventuring with Mordenkainen, no offense, but most certainly not. I have no idea as to your DMing style, and so he stays home. When Ernie, Rob, Terry, and I took our top PCs into Jim Ward's specially prepared dungeon adventure the first attack was by a lich with a rof of Cancellation. That experience was quite sufficient to teach us all to be wary...and Jim is a known DM and former player in our campign.
Cheers,
Gary
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