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
Howdy,Geoffrey said:
As a matter of fact the collaboration was one in which Brian and I contributed around equally. the combat system is his, while I did most of the monsters, and the rest we shared. Brian and I co-GMed a WoM game compaign for a time, and I used the setting for some of my D&D adventures. When the Burroughs Estate shut down the publication, that was the end of active play of the system as a stand-along RPG.
Cheerio,
Gary
Col_Pladoh said:
I do consider Sherlock Holmes among the classics. 600 wpm reading speed and long, stormy Wisconsin winters explain a lot about you, Gary.
Sadly, I'm a much slower reader, so I've read much less, more like 40 pages an hour instead of . . . something like 120 for you?
As for Shakespeare, I like it, but the Shakespeare course was my worst grade in college. Apparently, I was not cut out to study such things, even though my parents met in English department grad school. <shrug>
Sanguinemetaldawn said:
The AD&D Bard is interesting, but a bit complicated and very hard to achieve -- especially if you did campaigns where there's no "starting at 6th level" stuff, only starting from 1st level.
The start as one class and become another mechanic is somewhat similar to Prestige Classes in 3.x Edition. In fact, there's a hint in the Living Greyhawk book about Bards of the "Old Lore" existing under what sounds like AD&D Bard rules. I don't think they actually made it a Prestige Class, though, sadly.
Col_Pladoh
Gary Gygax
Yes, my reading speed was at c. 600 wpm until I was out of my teens, began reading more serious history, not merely Harolf Lamb books and historical novels. It dropped lower when I went to college.haakon1 said:I do consider Sherlock Holmes among the classics. 600 wpm reading speed and long, stormy Wisconsin winters explain a lot about you, Gary.
Sadly, I'm a much slower reader, so I've read much less, more like 40 pages an hour instead of . . . something like 120 for you?
As for Shakespeare, I like it, but the Shakespeare course was my worst grade in college. Apparently, I was not cut out to study such things, even though my parents met in English department grad school. <shrug>
I haven't timed myself for many years, but I expect I read at about 100 or so wpm for serious books, double that when reading an exciting bit of fiction. I burned through the Richard Sharpe series by Cornwell far too quickly
Cheerio,
Gary
Gentlegamer
Adventurer
Those who don't know "demiurge" have not studied their Plato well enough.
By the way, I had a professor that firmly believed that a sniper should be placed near the graduation stage at college commencements, and any student who has not studied The Republic should be shot just as he reaches for his diploma.
By the way, I had a professor that firmly believed that a sniper should be placed near the graduation stage at college commencements, and any student who has not studied The Republic should be shot just as he reaches for his diploma.
Col_Pladoh
Gary Gygax
Oh-oh!
It has been nearly 50 years since i read Plato's Republic
Gary
It has been nearly 50 years since i read Plato's Republic
Gary
Gentlegamer said:Those who don't know "demiurge" have not studied their Plato well enough.
By the way, I had a professor that firmly believed that a sniper should be placed near the graduation stage at college commencements, and any student who has not studied The Republic should be shot just as he reaches for his diploma.
I read it, but all I can remember is The Cave, the "silver" class (warriors and protectors), and the philosopher king idea.
I remember thinking at the time, "All these different ways of running the state, that's a lot like the table in the DMG, but no magocracy."
Gentlegamer
Adventurer
"Read" =/= "studied"
The demiurge is not described in Republic, though. It is found in the dialog, Timaeus.
Gary, you've mentioned some college studies. I recall that you had a description of your overall formal education at your old homepage . . . would you mind recounting it here please?
The demiurge is not described in Republic, though. It is found in the dialog, Timaeus.
Gary, you've mentioned some college studies. I recall that you had a description of your overall formal education at your old homepage . . . would you mind recounting it here please?
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