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Re: Did D&D nosedive in early 1976?
« Reply #15 on Feb 26, 2011, 7:13am »

Feb 25, 2011, 11:31pm, The Perilous Dreamer wrote:

I can't find it now, but I seem to remember reading that Hargrave approached TSR before he wrote The Arduin Grimoire and was rebuffed in a manner that he never forgave.

As well as being turned down by Chaosium? I can't think of a particular reference for Hargrave/TSR off-hand in that context, but my memory's far from the best...

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Re: Did D&D nosedive in early 1976?
« Reply #16 on Feb 27, 2011, 12:39am »

Feb 17, 2011, 9:16pm, ragnorakk wrote:

Dragon Magazines #25 & #29 show some Gygax vitriol

I just scanned through those two issues - what are you referring to? I recall some rants of his but those two don't have any that I see.

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Re: Did D&D nosedive in early 1976?
« Reply #17 on Feb 27, 2011, 7:23pm »

ooohh... maybe I got the issue numbers wrong? I was thinking of some pretty pointed observations made by Gygax as regarded Tunnels and Trolls and fanzines... I'll see if I can't look up more accurately later... sorry about that :-[

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Re: Did D&D nosedive in early 1976?
« Reply #18 on Mar 15, 2011, 1:10am »

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Re: Did D&D nosedive in early 1976?
« Reply #19 on Mar 15, 2011, 1:18am »

Note also that Dave went on to contribute to Chaosium's three volumes of All the Worlds' Monsters (and would gladly have added more), and that he did Arduin write-ups of figures from White Bear & Red Moon for the Wyrms Footnotes.

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Re: Did D&D nosedive in early 1976?
« Reply #20 on Mar 15, 2011, 1:29am »

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...they really tried to convince everyone that the "role playing game" was a unique idea and they owned it.

I seem to recall that they held up GDW's efforts -- En Garde and Traveller -- as prime examples of real contribution to the field as opposed to rip offs.

Some things were not so settled then, as lawsuits over computer programs, from arcade games to spreadsheets to graphical interfaces, had yet to bring some questions to a head.

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Re: Did D&D nosedive in early 1976?
« Reply #21 on Mar 15, 2011, 1:45am »

Feb 17, 2011, 9:38pm, 18 Spears (Gene Lake) wrote:

[quote author=gloriousbattle board=general thread=5252 post=65601 time=1297973461]how is Gygax pronounced

Is it like "Gee, Jacks"?

Seriously, I have heard that, and "Guy gacks", and probably a couple of other versions.

So, what is it, really?

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Re: Did D&D nosedive in early 1976?
« Reply #22 on Mar 15, 2011, 8:06am »

Gary pronounced Gygax as guy gaks (hard "g" as in go, rhymes with "eye fax"), but he often went on to say that it in the old country (Switzerland) it is pronounced gee (hard "g") gaks.

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