Troll Lord Games

Yes, Gary would be very happy! Gail Gygax GO BEARS!

great news

Good luck!

Ghul wrote:
I'm hung-over and miserable. Please, someone tell me it was all just a bad dream . . .

As a Bears fan I have no sympathy...and may the Dolphins always be at the bottom of the rankings
Now stop lamenting and get back to work on those creative projects we have in progress!

Gary

ScottyG wrote: Gary, do you think that a town like Yggsburgh would tolerate evil temples operating in the open? I know that in, ahhh, Dunfalcon there are evil temples and some evil priests that hold some high positions in local government. Scott No, I do not think the populace would, knowing that m...

Malakai wrote: Maybe I missed this one, but I did not see it.(my apologies if you already answered this on the thread) Gary, when you do get to play and not GM what characters do you play? I thought I saw you made mention of this on another board a long time ago, but I forget the details and would ...

Wait until next year, all you vaunting Patriots fans.

The Hitler spoof is hilarious!

Gary

LordSeurek wrote: Fantastic choice Gary, another fellow GB fan Rob. As I was born and raised until age eight on the north side of Chicago, lived about four blocks from Wrigley Field where the Bears then played, moved back to Chicago when I was a8 and stayed there intil I was around 26 and came back...

Julian Grimm wrote: Do you think the Chargers have a chance of stopping the Patriots? Frankly, no. The Pats are a tremendous team...this year I am, naturally rooting for the Packers to win the NFC championship so as to go on and play and beat the Patriots in the Superbowl, but I do not plan to bet ...

slimykuotoan wrote: Mr. Gygax: Do you plan to attend June's Troll Con or Indy Con in August? I ask this because a group of my friends are planning a trip to a con, and wanted to know if you'd be available to sign our D&D Dm's guides, or for a pic, etc Thanks The Good Lord willing, I will most a...

<t>Aboyt the best I did along those lines is to make a Stalingrad board with one-inch hexes, so that allunits in a hex could be placed side by side. It was huge and covered the large dining room table I had at the time. It was a big feature of GenCon 0.<br/> <br/> I saw a fellow former IFW member, s...

Alwyn wrote: Gary, I am an old Avalon Hill wargamer as well from way back. I loved playing Waterloo also. Have you ever played the old "Wellington's Victory" from SPI? Monster of a game. A fellow wargaming buddy and I used to play it a lot as well. "La Grande Armee" from SPI was...

Julian Grimm wrote: I had Waterloo in High School. I spent many an hour loosing that game!! As well as I can recall, I had about equal success managing around as many wins and losses no matter which side I was playing. I learned to defend against the French by playing a couple of dozen games agains...

GreyLord wrote:
I'm anxiously awaiting getting the game, if I can get it in time, hopefully over this next weekend I'll play it.

A carefully fought game of Waterloo will lasy around six or more hours if both opponents are able.

Cheerio,

Gary

GreyLord wrote: That's what I was thinking. With a little luck and funds I'll be hoping to try it out that version (AH version) either next weekend or the one after! Likely you will need several games under your belt to know how to manage things for success. The P-A-A must fight a delaying battle (...

<t>Howdy,<br/> <br/> I surely thought it was great to be able to help Tom shaw man the display booth for TAHC at the annual Hobby Industry Association of America held in Chicago every January during the 1960s, to have him take my telephone calls as well. Later, when I was active in Postal Diplomacy,...

<t>As for the LW thread, too bad they closed it.<br/> <br/> Lorraine said in front of several witnesses, myself included, that "Gamers are beneath me socially."<br/> <br/> As for her claim that I worked on the DJ RPG system while employed at TSR, that is a falsehood and completely unproven. In addit...

Harry Joy wrote: Interesting, Gary. I didn't know you were so involved with Avalon Hill. Would have been funny if you HAD done Squad Leader. I was playing Avalon Hill wargames long, long, long before I was introduced to D&D, and SL was my favorite. I'd have been playing one of yours before I'd ...

GreyLord wrote: Wow, I didn't know you made Little Big Horn! I've been wanting to try Gettysburg for a while, but still haven't found anyone with a copy in my area, though I'm hoping at one of the conventions if I can make it sometime. They approached you for Squad Leader? Wow. That's a pretty hist...

GreyLord wrote: On another topic entirely, that of wargames (I myself normally like lite wargames such as the VI Caesars/Conquest of the Empire type), I recently noted that you designed stuff OTHER than RPGs, that in some ways were quite noted. One in particular that interested me was Alexander the...

Valerian wrote: A belated merry Christmas , from me and my wife to you and Gail. Just got back from Southern maine near Portland. One question gary, this year at LGGC are going to run any Castle Zagyg ? either LA or C&C style. thanks What I run depends on what I manage to get developed on the i...

<t>Just a comment on religious devotion in the basic concept of the FRPG. (I treat this in some detail in the GFW book, Living Fantasy )<br/> <br/> With active deities concerned in this milieu, the esquire's taking an oath and performing an all-night vigil before his being made a knight takes on eve...

gideon_thorne wrote:
Merry Christmas from the Bradley clan, Gary.

Thanks Peter, and may you and your family have a Jolly Yuletide as well
Happy New Year,

ary

Julian Grimm wrote:
A large LA game to break out?

As long as I am playing, not running the adventure!

Happy New Year,

Gary

<t>This is the first Chruistmas in many a year that Gail and I are alone. Son Alex is off in Hawaii with his nephew ant his sister. They went cliff diving yesterday...and here his father and mother are acrophobes <br/> So tomorrow Gail is making a rib-roast of beef with Yorkshire pudding for the two...

ScottyG wrote:
That's good news.

Gord and Chert went on to Oerth-shattering, multi-novel spanning epic adventure, but this is short story pulp at its finest.

Scott

As one that began reading pulo F&SF back in 1950 at age 12, I very much appreciate that compliment!

Merrie Christmas,

Gary

Joe Mac wrote: Good morning Colonel, As long as we're mentioning fanatics....a philosophical query for you, concerning paladins: I like the paladin as a sub-class of cavalier, and also prefer the original dictum on the 'cavalier-paladin' in your Dragon article introducing the cavalier: that paladin...

cuchulainkevin wrote:
Well in Jack's defense, he's clearly insane.

Happy Christmas All!

He has provided the basis for all manner if hilarious parodies of that bizarre tract he wrote/published though
Yuletide cheer,

Gary

slimykuotoan wrote: Mr. Gygax: I heard a rumor: when you were designing spells for D&D, you at one point interviewed local wiccans, self-proclaimed magicians, etc. to get a feel for how spell casting could be described/worked in the game. Is this true? It sounds like one of those religious-atta...

yzarCritS wrote: I can probably find this info on the website mentioned above, but I figured why not ask people who have played. Is this a co-op game where the players work togther to kill the vampire, or is it competitive where the players compete for the solo glory of killing the vampire? Each pl...