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
Seeker95 said:
Happy christmas!
Yuletide best,
Gary
Col_Pladoh
Gary Gygax
Yuletide Felicitations, RidureyuRidureyu said:
Having a 4.0 grade point average is enough to get most persons rather exuberant and less than careful when dialing.
Of course I recall the incident well, and I thought it unusual that a chance wrong number would recognize my name, as that doesn't happen often in the real world. I was more often mistaken for Gerry Garcia than recognized as the chap that wrote the D&D game.
Anyway, I have no problems with giving an interview. Email me to set up a good time via telephone. The balance of this week is out, and sometime early next week I am doing a voice over for some folks, so likely the best time will be late next week.
ggygax@genevaonline.com
Christmas best wishes,
Gary
Col_Pladoh
Gary Gygax
Merrie Christmas HenryHenry said:
Thanks, and may you and yours be blessed now and in the New Year.
Yuletide cheer,
Gary
PROOF! I HAVE PROO... er, I mean, thanks for responding!
Anyway, this being Christmas week, I'm pretty much shot, too - I also will be out of town in early January, so I'll send you that e-mail and see what we can do.
As far as game-related questions go:
I remember hearing that you designed certain monsters in the game after dime store dinosaurs. I, like a lot of people my age (mid-twenties), actually hd those dinosaurs when I was a little kid. I remember the ones that probably inspired the Rust Monster and the Bullete, but I'm wondering: Which monsters in all were inspired by those figures? if you remember?
Merry Christmas!
Anyway, this being Christmas week, I'm pretty much shot, too - I also will be out of town in early January, so I'll send you that e-mail and see what we can do.
As far as game-related questions go:
I remember hearing that you designed certain monsters in the game after dime store dinosaurs. I, like a lot of people my age (mid-twenties), actually hd those dinosaurs when I was a little kid. I remember the ones that probably inspired the Rust Monster and the Bullete, but I'm wondering: Which monsters in all were inspired by those figures? if you remember?
Merry Christmas!
Col_Pladoh
Gary Gygax
Yuletide Felicitations!Ridureyu said:
Many dime store figurines were made to do for fantasy monsters when we played Chainmail Fantasy miniatures back in c. 1970, as no one made metal ones based on games then.
In addition to the rust monster and the bulette the owl bear came from that pack of weird figurines I found and converted to the FRPG monster roster. There might have been another, but I can't recall all the critters in that mix
Christmas cheer,
Gary
Col_Pladoh
Gary Gygax
Yuletide Salutations Mark!Mark CMG said:
We will have a relatively quiet Christmas Eve at the home of Joe & Marie Martin-the syndicated cartoonist chap that does so many different strips that he's listed in the Guiness Book of Records. Christmas Eve is wife Gail's birthday anniversary, so we'll be with about 20 people for the dual celebration.
Most of the children and grandchildren won't be able to make a dinner on Christmas Day, so likely only three, or maybe six persons will be at our place then. A day of rest is not bad
Christmas cheer,
Gary
Col_Pladoh said:In addition to the rust monster and the bulette the owl bear came from that pack of weird figurines I found and converted to the FRPG monster roster. There might have been another, but I can't recall all the critters in that mix
I had that set long before I played D&D... Imagine my surprise when I saw the "bullette" in the MM and went digging through my old toys and there it was along with the Rust Monster, and like you said... seemed like there was another one...
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