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Joseph Goodman and I had the opportunity to get together on Sunday at Dundracon (neither of us were attending, it was just a good place to meet) and share our thoughts on what just happened this week with Judges Guild, a company I used to work for over 40 years ago as a designer/artist, creating a good share of their more memorable products, including Dark Tower for AD&D, Caverns of Thracia, and The Book of Treasure Maps (also Duck Tower, and Hellpits of Nightfang).
I'm currently working with Goodman Games on their second retrospective book on the history of Judges Guild, primarily featuring my work for them, and work of mine that was later republished by them.
The take away, if you don't want to listen to us talk about the product is:
1. We both condemn the racism and anti-Semitism expressed by the Bledsaws in their recent social media postings.
2. We are still going forward with the book. It is about the history of an important company in the earliest years of the RPG games and not the people currently handling their forebear's legacy.
3. The Bledsaws/Judges Guild will receive no money from the sale of this book. Joseph and I have chosen a pair of non-profits that deal specifically with anti-defamation and plan to give twice the royalty payment amount that would have gone to JG to them. I say "Would have gone" because JG has asked that their royalty be added to that total.
Special thanks to Rebecca Heineman who did our camera work for this video.
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