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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JohnRTroy" data-source="post: 7687535" data-attributes="member: 2732">One thing people really need to remember is that regardless of whether or not people approve of Gail actions (or inactions), there's a bunch of stuff people need to remember.Gail was Gary's wife for over 20 years.Gary incorporated all his writings post-TSR to Gail.Gail did a lot of work behind the scenes to make sure Gary could afford to keep writing.It's pretty clear that Gary left all his IP and works to Gail, not any other Gygax family member.Luke and Ernie weren't not really involved in Gary's creative endeavors.  That's a fact.  Post-TSR they really didn't contribute a lot to Gary's creative endeavors. Luke played in Gary's DJ and LA campaigns, while Ernie stuck to board games.  I could understand if they were working on products for him and suddenly Gail cut them out, but that's not the reality of the situation.  It was only after Gary had died that they started getting involved in the games industry again.It's very easy to look at the "legacy" of the game and look up to Luke and Ernie for playing Melf and Tenser, but that's more of a projection we the fans make.  Note that nobody ever goes and tries to find Alex Gygax since he wasn't part of that D&D legacy--no Greyhawk item for him.  But playing a game doesn't mean you inherited the business.  And many of us don't know the behind the scenes stuff involving family entanglements or disagreements.  And many people look at their own subjective views--Luke and Ernie are doing stuff we gamers like, Gail is not, and judge on that merit, but that's mostly on our own desires for Gary's legacy than any form of objectivity about deeper moral or legal issues involved.It's sad that there's a rift, disagreements, etc.  But it is what it is.</blockquote>

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