Post by thegreyelf on Nov 3, 2008 13:27:52 GMT -6
It came down last week that Gygax Games--apparently without much explanation--pulled every license that Gary Gygax had granted to Troll Lord Games.
Lejendary Adventures has been licensed to Mongoose.
There is no word as to what will happen with Castle Zagyg. So once again, after waiting over 30 years to see the insides of the original Castle Greyhawk, we get a tantalizing peek at the top four levels, and may not get anything else. At least, nothing we can easily use if they (as many suspect) go 4e with it.
Nobody's sure what's going on at this point: is this a purely business decision by Gail Gygax, who just wants to make as much cash as she can from the product? Was there another reason she decided TLG wasn't right for the CZ project, even after quite a lot of excellent product was released for the property under their banner? By all reports the various and sundry delays weren't the fault of TLG, and Gail should be aware of that, so one would hope that's not her reasoning.
Certainly it seems odd, as Gary said time and again that he felt C&C was the spiritual successor to AD&D, and the "true" 3rd edition, in his mind. He also said that Troll Lord Games was where he wanted Castle Zagyg.
But then, they also fired Jeff Talanian from the project, and Gary personally groomed Jeff to take over for him "if the worst happened," which it has.
There's precious little to go on, now, but some discussion has taken place over at their forums at www.gygax-games.com.
Just thought I'd drop a heads' up. Discuss as you like.
Lejendary Adventures has been licensed to Mongoose.
There is no word as to what will happen with Castle Zagyg. So once again, after waiting over 30 years to see the insides of the original Castle Greyhawk, we get a tantalizing peek at the top four levels, and may not get anything else. At least, nothing we can easily use if they (as many suspect) go 4e with it.
Nobody's sure what's going on at this point: is this a purely business decision by Gail Gygax, who just wants to make as much cash as she can from the product? Was there another reason she decided TLG wasn't right for the CZ project, even after quite a lot of excellent product was released for the property under their banner? By all reports the various and sundry delays weren't the fault of TLG, and Gail should be aware of that, so one would hope that's not her reasoning.
Certainly it seems odd, as Gary said time and again that he felt C&C was the spiritual successor to AD&D, and the "true" 3rd edition, in his mind. He also said that Troll Lord Games was where he wanted Castle Zagyg.
But then, they also fired Jeff Talanian from the project, and Gary personally groomed Jeff to take over for him "if the worst happened," which it has.
There's precious little to go on, now, but some discussion has taken place over at their forums at www.gygax-games.com.
Just thought I'd drop a heads' up. Discuss as you like.
