TSR Q&A with Gary Gygax

Col_Pladoh · Jun 5, 2006

Howdy Deuce Traveler,

That is an interesting and informative precis of the development of the fantasy game form on computer and for online pay. Thanks.

GameSpot had me tied with JRRT for #17 in the 30 most influential people in cmputer gaming, BTW :lol:

Cheers,
Gary

Deuce Traveler · Jun 5, 2006

No problem, Gary. When the CRPG article comes out this summer I'll let you know in case you need something to help with any fits of insomnia.

Col_Pladoh · Jun 5, 2006

Deuce Traveler said:
No problem, Gary. When the CRPG article comes out this summer I'll let you know in case you need something to help with any fits of insomnia.

No way!

I am a game geek, so that sort of thing actually interests me :lol:

Cheers,
Gary

haakon1 · Jun 5, 2006

Col_Pladoh said:
I am a game geek

Hard to believe.

Sorry, it was just too easy. :heh:

Col_Pladoh · Jun 5, 2006

haakon1 said:
Hard to believe.

Sorry, it was just too easy.

Nah!

It's easy to believe when you remember that I was named the number 1 nerd of all time, beating out all of Japan--came in 8th :lol:

Cheers,
Gary

haakon1 · Jun 6, 2006

Col_Pladoh said:
It's easy to believe when you remember that I was named the number 1 nerd of all time

Who decided that? I mean, you and Al Gore both got into "Anthology of Interest" on Futurama, but you have one more movie (counting both D&D movies as yours), but then again Al invented the internet . . . you only invented most of the games on computers. (Sort of like how "The Honeymooners" invented most comedy on TV.)

Col_Pladoh · Jun 6, 2006

haakon1 said:
Who decided that? I mean, you and Al Gore both got into "Anthology of Interest" on Futurama, but you have one more movie (counting both D&D movies as yours), but then again Al invented the internet . . . you only invented most of the games on computers. (Sort of like how "The Honeymooners" invented most comedy on TV.)

Heh...

Evidentally you missed Sync Magazine, where in the December/January 2004/05 issue ran an article titled "The 50 biggest Nerds of All TIme." Bill Gates was mentioned in 51st place, while I was named the #1 Nerd of All Time, the Kinf of Nerds! :lol:

Cheers,
Gary

Palaner · Jun 6, 2006

Probably been asked before...have you ever played a pen-and-paper roleplaying game online over a chat client?

Col_Pladoh · Jun 6, 2006

Palaner said:
Probably been asked before...have you ever played a pen-and-paper roleplaying game online over a chat client?

Actually I don't recall that question ever being asked before

While I have known of such games for years, and the chap that runs Makray's Keep used to play in my campaign, I have not played online. The fact is that I was stretching it to have one night a week set aside for my face-to-face game. Now I do that and often play boardgames at my son Ernie's plave on Monday afternoons, so semi-retirement is good

Cheers,
Gary

Gray Mouser · Jun 6, 2006

Deuce Traveler said:
Wizardry I also came out in 1981, and introduced the party concept into the CRPG, and was probably most like DnD. It sold very well and was a simple dungeon crawler, which appealed to those normally outside the fan base.

I started playing Wizardry shortly after I started playing D&D (the former being in probably early 1982 while the later was in 1981). I loved that game and it was an adequate substitute when a D&D game was unavailable. I should really check out ebay for a copy sometime

Gray Mouser

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