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Column  An Interview with Gary Gygax
Title  Interview: An Interview with Gary Gygax, Part II
Author  Ciro Alessandro Sacco
Book Type  Information: Interview
Genre  Generic
Setting  Generic
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The second part starts with a number of questions about TSR's international operations, covering Games Workshop's acquisition of the exclusive license to D&D in the United Kingdom, printing books locally rather than importing them, a unique version of the Basic Set printed in the UK, the creation of TSR UK, the first non-English translation (into French), the start of TSR France, and the founding and closing of Imagine magazine (Gygax favored "Royal Dragon"). The next section covers TSR for sale, starting with the dismissal of Kevin Blume, the Beverly Hills buyout offer, the excellent reception of Unearthed Arcana, Gygax restored to CEO and his downfall, the arrival of Lorraine Williams, disinformation, and a catalog reporting Unearthed Arcana II. The next series of questions are about Gygax's activities after TSR, covering the fraudulent behavior of Forrest Baker at New Infinities (NIPI), Turnbull as CEO, Cyborg Commandos, the bestselling products at NIPI (the Gord novels), the start of Dangerous Journeys (initially, Dangerous Dimensions), the lawsuit with TSR, attempting to break into the computer RPG business, the start of Lejendary Adventures (LA), and LA sales. The concluding portion of the interview discusses the d20 juggernaut, specifically Gygax's reaction to Wizard of the Coast's buyout of TSR, the d20 license, his reaction to Ryan Dancey's letter, forthcoming products (Lejendary Earth and Lejendary AsteRogues with Hekaforge, the Lejends magazine, the Gygaxian Fantasy Worlds line and several modules with Troll Lord Games, two Slayer's Guides with Mongoose, Necropolis with Necromancer Games, and a massive set of castles and dungeons in cooperation with Robert Kuntz), and a LA MMPO RPG.


This article is contained in OD&DITIES #10.

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