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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GameOgre" data-source="post: 6517933" data-attributes="member: 57914">Ok first off I'm lazy and in a hurry so forgive if this is only my take on what happened with a faulty memory of what happened years ago. Gary hooked up with Castled and Crusades/Troll Lord Games and they did a deal to produce Castle Zagyg. They put out the first few areas (surrounding countryside/ the exterior of the castles ect..) Then they decided to get all serious and really went into overdrive with the whole thing loosely mapped (and figured out)out and combined what they had into a hardback(or boxed set can't remember) along with the entire first level of the megadungeon. They were really talking the entire thing up and it was just starting to roll out.....when Gary died.Then Gail (his wife, a really awesome lady btw) pulled Troll lord games license. They had a total time of 1 month (from day it went on sale to time they couldn't sell it anymore).there was a guy (freelancer I think...good can't remember his name) who had been working with Gary to get it out and everyone involved had spent a LOT of time and money gearing up for the upcoming releases and BAM it was over.Then Gygax Games (run by Gail) put out statements saying they were going to put the dungeon and Gary's other works out themselves and that many things were happening behind the scenes. There was a press release from them and another company saying books were coming out(I want to say Mongoose Publishing but not sure).Next thing we know and Gygax Games was gone with hardly a word and the other company said it was not happening. That was it. That is the last I have heard of anything at all about Castle Zagyg. at the time some speculated(wild internet theories) that WOTC had made Gail a offer and she had taken it(WOTC could probably offer a lot more than anyone else and with Gary gone it was(again wildly) speculated that They sold it to WOTC in order to take care of the family.ok,thats it. All I know.Please please take into account that this is only my totally NOT in the know(about any dealings official or otherwise with the family or even the business end of things) knowledge and memories of how it went down.Note- I left out all the internet nerd rage and not very nice speculation and feedback that really mad this entire thing so much worse. It's out there if you really want to taint your soul with some really unpleasant posting by fans who lost there minds and did not treat a grieving widow very well very soon after her husbands death.</blockquote>

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