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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tx7321" data-source="post: 3286115" data-attributes="member: 43146">Another thread concerning gaming at Cons has made me curious; so who here has played AD&D1 with Gygax?  And what can you share about his particular style of DMing?  I already know he uses house rules as far as combat goes, but thats not really of interest to me (IMO as long as combat is not overly complex its not that big a deal).  Some have said his gaming style was fast and loose, was that your impression?   -Did he get into having PCs talk to NPCs (having the barkeep talk directly to the PCs for instance) or was this something rarely done?  -What style of talking did he use with his players; did he ask each person in order what they wanted to do, or have 1 leader chosen to do this (who reported to the DM on behalf of each)?-Did he keep careful track of arrows and food/water? -Did he require the group make the map, or did he sketch it for the players?-Were roles made out in the open or behind a screen? (Did it vary much)-Did he refer much to the tables, and keep track of distance; also did he use minis?And well, any other interesting tid-bits you might like to share.   <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  Also, note the approx. year you played and the circumstances (at his house, a Con, etc.).</blockquote>

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