D&D General Jennell Jaquays Appreciation

[Urriak Uruk]

I brought it up more for Jennell’s response than for Justin’s thoughts.

While he did eventually change his tune re: deadnaming her, it’s too bad he didn’t correct the spelling of her surname in his article series title.

I think that's more of a "Jaquaying sounds better than Jaquaysing" kind of thing.

 

[pukunui]

And that's the second reason (beside keeping the thread positive) I didn't mention Justin's initial deadnaming either - he eventually did get it.

I agree with @FitzTheRuke , some things take time, and understanding is one of them.

As I’ve just said, I brought it up more as an appreciation of Jennell’s response. I like that she took the time to contact Justin, and I especially like that she pointed out that it should be “Jaquaysing” with an s.

I think that's more of a "Jaquaying sounds better than Jaquaysing" kind of thing.

Probably. “Jaquaying” sounds like “jockeying”, which sounds like one way to describe changing things up in a dungeon’s layout.

I just like that she made the effort to point that out.

 

[Reynard]

I think that's more of a "Jaquaying sounds better than Jaquaysing" kind of thing.

When you coin a phrase, you get to define it for any old arbitrary reason.

 

[pukunui]

When you coin a phrase, you get to define it for any old arbitrary reason.

OK. I get it. My contribution to the thread clearly wasn’t worthwhile. I’ll see myself out.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

OK. I get it. My contribution to the thread clearly wasn’t worthwhile. I’ll see myself out.

I think everyone was agreeing with you, just adding their opinions. Certainly seemed like a worthwhile contribution to me.

 

[BrokenTwin]

OK. I get it. My contribution to the thread clearly wasn’t worthwhile. I’ll see myself out.

It was a bit of history I didn't know about that actually improved my opinion of everyone involved. I'd say it was a fine contribution.

 

[Bill Zebub]

When you coin a phrase, you get to define it for any old arbitrary reason.

Ok, so I hereby formally coin the phrase "hi-jaquaying a dungeon" which means, um...wait a sec..."to find an alternate path through a dungeon that the DM didn't anticipate, thereby foiling their carefully laid plans."

 

[John R Davis]

The Enchanted Wood for Dragonquest is one of the great hexploring/sandboxes. Was blown away when I first played and has been an inspiration ever since.
All glory to JJ.

 

[Lyxen]

The Enchanted Wood for Dragonquest is one of the great hexploring/sandboxes. Was blown away when I first played and has been an inspiration ever since.
All glory to JJ.

I did not know about this, but even the short blurb in amazon is a tribute to her design style: "A super-adventure with six completely different starting points to enrich variability of play and duration"

 

[Drake2000]

Jennell Jaquays was immensely influential on my D&D-related gaming back in the '80s. As a matter of fact, her Dark Tower kicked off my long-running Arduin game, and it was epic. Whenever I saw her name in JG-related materials they were pretty much a must-buy, as I knew that she would be providing top-shelf quality content.