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<blockquote data-quote="timbannock" data-source="post: 7756173" data-attributes="member: 17913"><p>I have no evidence to support this other than Gary's writings with Jeff Talanian for Castles & Crusades -- basically, Jeff was converting AD&D-era rules to C&C, and that's clear in the writing in parts where they directly state things like "if you want to use a % system for thief skills..." -- but I strongly think that AD&D was where Gary settled on rules stuff, and therefore Gail would be looking there for the rules stuff. Whatever proto rules Gary might have had are almost certainly tied so closely to Chainmail and then OD&D that I couldn't imagine for a second that there's enough gaming material in there to create Castle Greyhawk. Given that the castle's dungeons were mutating through the early 80s to become their most "recognizable" (from convention and home game play) form, that makes me doubly suspect AD&D was likely the foundation for it.</p><p></p><p>As to Gail trying to get the Greyhawk IP:</p><p></p><p>Ultimately, Gail had her chance when she first got a hold on some old school folks for Gygax Games to publish a version of the castle/dungeons using OSRIC, Swords & Wizardry, or any number of other systems. Pay a licensing fee to Hasbro for whatever Greyhawk IP they need, and boom, they're done. Even if the licensing fee was high, the fact was that at the time immediately following Gygax's death and Gygax Games pulling the CZ license from Troll Lord, there was still good will and WOTC clearly extended a hand by selling the AD&D reprints with a percentage going to the Memorial Fund. But Gail didn't capitalize on that moment, and has since squandered any good will, as far as I can tell. The AD&D reprints still mention the Memorial Fund, but WOTC remains pretty silent about it, and the work Erik Tenkar has done in uncovering info on it suggests it's effectively a dead project. I doubt WOTC feels good about handing money over to a charity that is neither open nor honest about where the funds are going...so of course they won't return her calls.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timbannock, post: 7756173, member: 17913"] I have no evidence to support this other than Gary's writings with Jeff Talanian for Castles & Crusades -- basically, Jeff was converting AD&D-era rules to C&C, and that's clear in the writing in parts where they directly state things like "if you want to use a % system for thief skills..." -- but I strongly think that AD&D was where Gary settled on rules stuff, and therefore Gail would be looking there for the rules stuff. Whatever proto rules Gary might have had are almost certainly tied so closely to Chainmail and then OD&D that I couldn't imagine for a second that there's enough gaming material in there to create Castle Greyhawk. Given that the castle's dungeons were mutating through the early 80s to become their most "recognizable" (from convention and home game play) form, that makes me doubly suspect AD&D was likely the foundation for it. As to Gail trying to get the Greyhawk IP: Ultimately, Gail had her chance when she first got a hold on some old school folks for Gygax Games to publish a version of the castle/dungeons using OSRIC, Swords & Wizardry, or any number of other systems. Pay a licensing fee to Hasbro for whatever Greyhawk IP they need, and boom, they're done. Even if the licensing fee was high, the fact was that at the time immediately following Gygax's death and Gygax Games pulling the CZ license from Troll Lord, there was still good will and WOTC clearly extended a hand by selling the AD&D reprints with a percentage going to the Memorial Fund. But Gail didn't capitalize on that moment, and has since squandered any good will, as far as I can tell. The AD&D reprints still mention the Memorial Fund, but WOTC remains pretty silent about it, and the work Erik Tenkar has done in uncovering info on it suggests it's effectively a dead project. I doubt WOTC feels good about handing money over to a charity that is neither open nor honest about where the funds are going...so of course they won't return her calls. [/QUOTE]
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