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And I should point out that she never engaged in a lawsuit. These are the facts that occurred. In 2012 Gygax Magazine was announced with a press release, and Gail immediately responded regarding the trademark with her own press release. Curiously, for all the prep work done for the magazine...

Since people were waiting for this, the memorial fund site has been updated with the tax returns. http://www.gygaxmemorialfund.org/fund-info/financial-info http://www.gygaxmemorialfund.org/images/Documents/tax-returns/990ez-2013.pdf...

I had mentioned that. I enjoyed Lost City of Gaxmoor, Gary was very proud of that, and I think all the Gygax sons have talent. I am honestly looking forward to seeing Ernie's tomb, which I backed as a Kickstarter. But Lost City of Gaxmoor was the brothers creative endeavor, not Gary's. The...

None of the members are being billed any salary at all. According to that tax return, that is time they are spending but they are not being compensated at all, in other words, all three parties are doing that work as volunteer time. So you really can't accuse any of them of getting a salary...

We weren't discussing the memorial project here in this thread. But I definitely have told Gail to get her memorial web site up to date and to make more updates. As for the design of the memorial--I suspect people are looking at that picture and thinking it's a final idea, rather than an...

To be fair on this though. Gary's "legacy" doesn't depend on any of Gary's descendants including Gail. The Legacy of Gary is that he co-created D&D and was the driving force behind Greyhawk and a lot of stuff we love. And coverage of that legacy is done by biographies and game...

One thing that also should be established is that there was a "Gygax Family Memorial" (exact name) that was founded by some of Gary's Children, that was the one of the Dragon curled around a tower that appeared at an early GaryCon. Not sure if the funds for that were used for the current...

You misread my statement. There are three things that Ernie has contributed to. Some areas involving business rules for Dangerous Journeys, the Gamma World module, and Lost City of Gaxmoor. But outside of this, the contributions were minor. Ernie was not "into Roleplaying games as much as...

One thing people really need to remember is that regardless of whether or not people approve of Gail actions (or inactions), there's a bunch of stuff people need to remember. Gail was Gary's wife for over 20 years. Gary incorporated all his writings post-TSR to Gail. Gail did a lot of work...

Actually, it's not a new arcade game Morrus. It's a combination of the two D&D action games Capcom released in 1993 and 1996, packaged together and ported for the current platforms. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons:_Tower_of_Doom...

To be fair though, I think more people are excited about this not because it's Monte Cook's world, but because it's from the "makers of Planescape: Torment". Seriously, read the comments and people see the computer game maker as the lions share of it. I just hope enough people remember it's...

There's no official connection. I was friends with Gary for over 15 years. While I guess you could count the stuff I contributed as "pro bono freelance", I not either an employee or freelancer of Gygax Games, nor do I plan on it in the forseeable future. In fact, I'm one of the few people...

But the key thing is that Personality rights are a concept in US Law, and the UK has different IP laws than the US, and both parties are in the US.

This is a key problem for me. The big thing is, while people are arguing for the "moral rights" to the name, we need to think about it for a minute. People are probably basing this on what they personally want for Gary's IP treatment or thinking of Luke and Ernie as the campaigners who gamed...

It's not just Trademark Law that applies here. As the legal heir to EGG, she not just owns intellectual property rights to his post-TSR work, but right of personality. Since Gary Gygax is a person, you can't use his name, his likeness, etc, without the permission of the estate (Gail). The...

While I think a lot of folk understand this already, since there may be some confusion. It should be made clear that Gygax magazine has no rights to any of Gary's non-WoTC owned IP, that is all still owned by Trigee/Gygax Games/Gail Gygax. She is not involved or working with them in this...

People need to remember that Trademarks are used for TRADE purposes, and do not prevent the general use of the word. Marvel comics since the early 1960s had a character called Radioactive Man (started as a Thor villain), but it wasn't until 1990 when Bongo Comics created a Radioactive Man comic...

It's much more action oriented, over the shoulder kind of thing, and it's very much it's own thing. Like people said, it's much more Bioware than Bethesda, but it's it's own thing. I think it's a worthwhile purchase for major RPG fans, the only reason I warned people about the combat is I...

They added a tutorial in "2.0"...they've been very generous with content updates. When you get the XBOX version--which will also be a free PC upgrade--you'll get all that. I hope they explain the world better. Apparently this has sold a lot better in Europe--Geralt (the Witcher) is a...

If you are choosing between the two and have experience with it, it's a lot more Bioware and a lot less Bethesda. But really, it's its own thing. I like to call it a combination between (from my own frame of reference), a combo between Assassin's Creed games and Deus Ex. The combat is a lot...