D&D General Melf's Guide to Greyhawk Coming From Luke Gygax & WotC

[Dire Bare]

That is totally true AND the rockiness of those relationships carried forward under different management. Do you see a pattern here? I do

Yes.

The pattern is . . . management changes. Shocking, I know.

Under some management teams, the various D&D novel authors were pretty happy and had good relationships with their editors and others on the team.

Under other management teams, well, the opposite happened. Like that relatively recent lawsuit against WotC from Weis & Hickman.

Right now, the D&D team management seems to be moving in a positive direction in treating with the Gygax family, Weis & Hickman, and other novel authors . . . how long will it last? Hopefully quite some time, but certainly not forever.

It's kinda how life works.

 

[mamba]

As a general rule people don’t apologize three times to others over nothing burgers.

have you met Canadians? Also, it was pretty unclear what he apologized for, and I doubt it was the book you think of, let alone the one you confuse it with (Ben Riggs’ book)

 

[GothmogIV]

It is what it is, fam. Hope for the best.

 

[wizard71]

Ayoub made a single sentence statement that doesn't mention the books upon which you feel vindicated for defending.

Correct, however Luke publicly states Dan apologized to him several times in person privately at an event. Luke felt compelled to share this information publicly and Dan did not refute his claim either publicly or privately. This is the reason I felt vindicated.

 

[wizard71]

have you met Canadians? Also, it was pretty unclear what he apologized for, and I doubt it was the book you think of, let alone the one you confuse it with (Ben Riggs’ book)

I have met many Canadians. They are great people and I wish my fellow Americans were more like Canadians.

 

[bedir than]

Correct, however Luke publicly states Dan apologized to him several times in person privately at an event. Luke felt compelled to share this information publicly and Dan did not refute his claim either publicly or privately. This is the reason I felt vindicated.

Luke also didn't mention the books you insist he did

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'm really glad that Dan apologized to Luke for backing into my car 20 years ago. I never found out who broke my taillight, but in the absence of any details on what the apology was actually about, I feel vindicated.

 

[Nicholas Reed]

To me, after watching all the videos of the panels of Dan and Luke at GaryCon, what Dan apologized to Luke over was things like the disclaimers on older D&D projects and the accusations of racism and sexism in the history of OD&D book. Just a shot in the dark, but that was the vibe I got. Regardless of the exact details, I'm glad D&D under Ayoub seems to be leaving that era behind. I'm excited for the future of the game with the franchise model and an embracing of traditional D&D fantasy.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

the accusations of racism and sexism in the history of OD&D book

The disclaimers are on everything, not just the OD&D booklets.

Drums on Thunder Mountain and Orcs of Thar definitely need the disclaimers. No major company would even try publishing something like those today.

 

[bedir than]

Regardless of the exact details, I'm glad D&D under Ayoub seems to be leaving that era behind. I'm excited for the future of the game with the franchise model and an embracing of traditional D&D fantasy.

I could not be less interested in a D&D that emphasizes racism and sexism again