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From my perspective, FtA simply seemed... unnecessary. It was a blatant attempt to wrench away the WoG from the material that Gyax wrote (remember, the Wars and FtA came about right after his departure from TSR). The original (1980/1983 books) presented a fantasy world in the "old school"...

Please, please PLEASE let it go! Tsojcanth was a great, and even classic, module. It is complete. It is in no need of expansion or revision or anything else. If WOTC must revisit this material, why not do something new, like another dungeon complex of Iggwilv in the Yatils? Or perhaps thwart...

To my mind, the whole strength of Greyhawk is the fact that it is not so detailed. There's room for a DM to breathe. In the FR (for example), one is constantly under the threat that some quirky invention will be contradicted by some new incredibly-detailed supplement that comes out. At its...

And, on cue, here I am. I take issue with your notion that Greyhawk, as it is currently constituted, lacks potential. Did Dragonlance lack potential when it was just limited to a single continent? Were the Forgotten Realms pre-Maztica somehow lacking? Of course not. The potential within the...

Speaking as someone who has just about every GH-related item ever released (with the lamentable exception of some of the early Minifigs, which I'm still trying to track down, having seen them advertised in early issues of The Dragon, and the LG material, which I intentionally eschewed), and who...

Not the "1945" that Newt Gingrich came out with a few years ago? I found that one to be not too bad as such things are reckoned. I was slightly disappointed because I expected more from his historian's mind, but easily as entertaining as "SS:GB". "Fatherland" is still a favorite of the genre...

Personally, I almost always start PCs at 1st level (with exceptions if they are not intended to be played for long, such as if a friend is visitng for only a session or two). As a rule, I am generally lenient with 1st level characters, and while a couple usually die, it's not that difficult for...

And just to clarify, you're referring to the original MA and GW rules, rather than the re-designs that have subsequently been published, right? (With, of course, the necessary caveat that every game has its house-rules.) And I am very curious from your designer's-eye-view, what is it about the...

Mr. Gygax, Just wondering, since you've been talking about playing MA lately, whether you had a preference between that and Gamma World? If so, what would place one over the other? Setting? Game mechanics? Have you ever heard of crossing over between one and another? The Warden arriving back...

Every time you post a reply to my questions, it's a treat. I'll dutifully await the revelations about the Disappearing Jeweled Man in an upcoming TLG product. But now at least I got the proper name... Thul

At the risk of interrupting the current tension convention, I have some more mundane GH-focused questions with which to annoy our good and gracious respondent. And once more, Mr. Gygax, both my profound thanks for taking the time to answer, and apologies if these are issues which have been...

That may well be true. I can only go by the scores of rule books I see on the shelves of my local game store for 3E, and surmise that the poor old PH, DMG, and MM just don't seem like enough in the latest incarnation of the game. Pity the poor Gamma World or Boot Hill gamer, who has to content...

Nah, Gary signed my copy of "Greyhawk" (the original brown book supplement for the white box) back at GenCon 18. Not jealous, but hopefully old-school at heart. ;-) And originally, I had the first-ever sold copy of Temple of Elemental Evil, signed by him as well. I ended up selling that piece...

It does indeed have the hand-written note. Jim Lurvey was kind enough to send me a .pdf of the article. Ah, innocent days of yore. And yes, Grodog, I would be happy to compare notes any time; I would consider it an honor. I'll send you my email via PM. Thul

I can't imagine why I would need one. A half-dozen rule books, a pouch of dice, and thou... /Did I mention I still play AD&D 1st Ed?

As part of my preparation for running a Greyhawk AD&D 1st Ed game for the first time in 10 years, I've taken to breaking out the classic fantasy films for inspiration. I have my own Top Ten, and was wondering what others might have in theirs. In no particular order... Hawk the Slayer The Sword...

Doubtless you, with your 1,800+ posts here, may have. I, with my 6 (now going on 7) have not. I shudder to witness the state that D&D has entered in the years I've been away. Oh, I did the whole BASIC programs when I was in high school, too. But that misses the point. I said I don't want to...

Wow... I must be a grognard indeed. My nifty game-aid is the Dragonbone. Does anyone remember those anymore? I still have mine. It's an electronic dice-roller. You slide the switch to determine how many sides the die is, then push the button and get a roll. It was all the rage back in 1983...

I've always been a fan of the term used in "The Arduin Grimoire". The Wormroad.

By curious happenstance, I just a couple of months ago obtained a copy of the article from the Great Plains Game Players Newsletter which chronicles the tale. Slightly before my RPGing time, but only slightly. I was still plying my hand at SPI and AH hex-and-counter games at the time. But neato...