After Ed Greenwood's FR: Gary Gygax's Greyhawk

[Dice4Hire]

If Gary were around to write it, I would say this is an awesome idea.

With him not around, I do not think it is worth doing. It would not really be Gygax's Greyhawk, just a cobbled together mishmash of what people remember, and maybe some notes.

Do the notes even still exist?

 

[n00bdragon]

Gary Gygax should not become a patron saint of roleplaying games and not everything he touched should be a shrine. That way lies bad design and stagnation.

A setting should be good on its own merits and not given any preference simply because a certain person created it.

 

[BobTheNob]

If this were to be done I'd strongly suggest they get Rob Kuntz in on it. He was the co-DM of the Greyhawk campaign.

Yea, and his name is indicative of what he does in his spare time!

 

[Lord Zack]

Just thinking the same thing. I'm worn out on if 5e should be Forgotten Realms or Greyhawk or Eberron. How about a new setting for a new game?

What new game? D&D Next is not a new game it's Dungeons and Dragons.

 

[Nellisir]

What new game? D&D Next is not a new game it's Dungeons and Dragons.

Fine. A new edition, then.

 

[avin]

I'd rather focus efforts on some new setting, not particularly interested im Greyhawk.

My two coppers...

 

[JeffB]

As much as I respect Erik, he is not the man for this job. Garys home GH game by all accounts was quite different from the published materials. Rob Kuntz, and the original players are the people to consult for Garys version of GH.

 

[Dungeonosophy]

As much as I respect Erik, he is not the man for this job. Garys home GH game by all accounts was quite different from the published materials. Rob Kuntz, and the original players are the people to consult for Garys version of GH.

Yeah, but how good are Kuntz's editting skills, and how is his familiarity with the newest rules iterations?

That's why I go with the earlier poster's imagination: Mona as editor and researcher and Kuntz as consultant (co-author). And the research includes interviews with Luke and any other living player from Gygax's original campaign.