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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JohnRTroy" data-source="post: 5170912" data-attributes="member: 2732">True, but I have a feeling you'd be disappointed.  My best guess right now is that none of them see the game business as something to be involved in.While all six children were involved in gaming and the first five all did something at TSR, I don't see any of them being involved in the business that much.   I've only met Alex and Ernie face to face.  Ernie's a master of boardgames and from what I understand can usually kick everybody's butt.Cindy  is I believe the only Gygax along with her mother who kept her faith with the Watchtower society, and at one point she was a bit estranged as she was critical of gaming.  I think they got a little closer though when Gary had some renewed faith, but I don't really know all the details.  She seems friendly with several of Gary's fans, as I've seen her posts on Facebook.Heidi and Elsie don't play RPGs to my knowledge.  I do know Elsie is the owner of GaryCon, while Luke is pretty much the coordinator and public face.  Alex is I believe in college right now, so I think he has other concerns.  He's also been involved in Gary's campaigns.  Luke and Ernie are the two gamers mostly know.  Both are more game enthusiasts than game writers, I believe Ernie spends most of his time playing board games rather than RPGs.  To the best of my knowledge, he was not involved in Gary's later non-D&D campaigns AFAIK.  Luke has been playing in Gary's campaigns for years.  He was in the DJ campaign, then in the LA campaign.  (Stryx was that character's name).  He is in the military and I believe is heading back to Afghanistan right now.  Luke and Ernie I believe have only written a few gaming products in history.  I have a feeling that if they wanted to be in the business they might have released a lot more product.  I believe Gary asked both of them to consider co-writing Castle Zagyg after Kuntz left, because they had the best first-hand knowledge and experience, but neither were willing.  Not everybody is a writer by trade and I think if you're looking for a "Gygax Dynasty", it's not likely.  Many others who worked under or with Gary have gone on to bigger things, so I doubt they really have the "writer's muse" you need.  Luke is very involved with the GaryCon gaming convention, so I think he'd rather be about the playing than the creating.None of the children have any stake in the Intellectual Property, all of it belongs to Gail.</blockquote>

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