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Interview with Gary Gygax

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-read dept.

the_bahua writes "Have a look at this one-on-one with Gary Gygax, over at KCGeek.com. It's a tell-all, see-all, look into the mind of the man behind the second-best thing to do at four in the morning. Responsible for one of the cornerstones of geekdom, he is largely unknown to many, including many RPG fans."

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  1. Nice guy... by curtis · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I wandered across his website once while browsing and he had his email address available if you wanted to contact him...

    On a whim, I emailed him to ask him a few questions and thank him for some of his early work, DnD, Gord the Rogue books, Greyhawk, you name it.

    To my surprise, he actually took the time to respond to my questions and bring me up to date with what he has been doing in the post TSR days.

    It always amazes me when someone that has made it big at one point will take the time to answer someone they don't know. Kudos to him. (or at least his staff)

    1. Re:Nice guy... by WNight · · Score: 4, Insightful

      That's different.

      He always came across as a jerk in the articles he wrote in Dragon Magazine. And unwilling to accept the idea that anyone would want the use house rules, or add races/classes, etc.

      It seemed that he very much had the idea that he created the game, the players should shutup and play it without questioning him.

      After he was gone AD&D seemed to get a lot friendlier. The books talked about how to create new classes and races, some gotchas, and guidelines. They expected that people would have house rules...

      I don't play D&D in any form anymore, because there are better systems out there (levels, and classes, ugh...) but I still read the books to keep up with recent developments.