thedungeondelver said:
: an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales. In Dutch/"Nederlands": krachtpatser, mannetjesputter, kerel, reus. 
AGFlynn said:What's the provenance of Gygax? Sounds kinda like a Welshman had a nasty high-speed collision with a Roman on the Appian Way.
Or maybe an allergic centurion: "What's your name, soldier?"
"Gygax."
"Bless you."
The four castles of the Gygax Family came from the four brothers that mover their families from Greece to Switzerland a couple of millenia ago.Jupp said:
Col_Pladoh said:
Gygax is an ancient Swiss name, properly pronounced GHE-gox. Family oral tradition is extensive, but it begins with our being descendants of Goliath of Gath that fled from the Near East to the Greek Isles, eventually to Greece proper, when he waas slain by David. The Greeks called the family "gigantas", Greek for giant. That name stuck when four brothers took their families, moved from Greece to the Alps of what is now Switzerland around the time Caesar was conquering Gaul.
My father was born in Seeberg, Bern, Switzerland, and I spoke a bit of the language when I was a wee lad.
Cheers,
Gary
I have been to Amsterdam and enjoyed the city very much, had a great time there staying in the Hotel Grand Krasnapolski, dining at good restaurants including The Five Flies.Winterthorn said:Actually, being a Canuck of Dutch ancestry, and having done a little research:
Giant
Results from LookWAYup.com , a free multilingual dictionary.
Gary,
I have two questions (me not being around ENWorld that often):
1) I have read that D&D 3.x has plenty that didn't meet your preferences. Instead of looking at the myriad of details, what is one principle feature of the current system you would have done differently (to make 3.x a better game in your eyes)? I am guessing there must be something that really stands out above the minutia that you may have said "No. that really, really doesn't work for me the way I see it", or some such similar reaction.
2) Are you willing to share with us any ideas about how you would like to see the D&D system develop considering that change appears in the near future? I don't want to pin you down, but I am curious about the various ideas that have crossed your mind.
I suppose these questions are two sides of same gp; your speculations would be intriguing!
Regards, W
Henry said:Plus, a poster named Jupp a few years back pointed out a nursery rhyme called "Gi-ga-gax" about a goose, and there's something about geese on Gary's family crest, too...
Col_Pladoh said:I have been to Amsterdam and enjoyed the city very much, had a great time there staying in the Hotel Grand Krasnapolski, dining at good restaurants including The Five Flies.
Very easy questions to answer:
I would not have ever done 3E.
As the new D&D is betond redemption in my view, there are no suggestions I can make in regards to improving it.
The Castles & Crusades RPG is more like what I had in mind for a revised AD&D game, and now that they system has added by skills sets, even more like what i would have done
Cheers,
Gary
I am not insulted - in fact you made me laugh Winterthorn said:C&C? Well, I am thus obliged to have a good look at to see what you mean. I have been so focused on D&D 3E the last year or so (I DM using the Kingdoms of Kalamar setting) perhaps now is a good time to refresh my mind by looking at something different!
