GaryCon across the globe...way to honor Gygax

Qoltar · 03-05-2008, 11:57 AM

By now most of you have seen the news about Gary Gygax.

I suggest that as a way of honoring Gary Gaygax we have a "GaryCon" across the globe this Friday and Saturday night.

By "We" - I mean every gamer possible who plays RPGs. Everywhere, everyone.

All of us play either Dungeons & Dragons this Friday and Saturday night

-OR-

We play the RPG rules system of our choice - but we do a typical D&D-type dungeon crawl. ...either Friday or Saturday night.

- Ed Charlton

dravenloft · 03-05-2008, 12:28 PM

I'm in. If Z won't run it, I'll do it.

Good idea Q. Fitting tribute methinks.

Qoltar · 03-05-2008, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by dravenloft

I'm in. If Z won't run it, I'll do it.

Good idea Q. Fitting tribute methinks.

I tried to hint that running a session of GURPS:Dungeon Fantasy would definitely be in the right spirit of this idea.

- Ed Charlton

Xenmas · 03-05-2008, 12:59 PM

I've got a game coming up on Sunday that I am going to be dedicating to Gary.

ziresta · 03-05-2008, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by dravenloft

I'm in. If Z won't run it, I'll do it.

I was going to be running a dungeon crawl this Saturday anyway. Weren't you paying attention when I said so last Saturday? :)

Anyway, great idea Qoltar. I'll either run the game I was already planning to run or, if I can find it, run an old D&D module I have around somewhere that Gary Gygax authored. (I don't even remember which one it is, I just remember his name is on the cover.)

Witchking · 03-05-2008, 02:23 PM

Good idea Qoltar, by the way appreciate the changed avatar. Wish I could join in but I am not playing until Sunday. Plus the game I am in tends more toward social interaction and highway robbery than dungeon crawling, but if I can work it in I plan on an abusive combo of the Invisiblity and a missle spell in honor of the writer of Keep on the Borderlands.

Sydney · 03-05-2008, 02:27 PM

I've already been planning on having a 21 d20 Salute to kick off my game, which while not a D&D one (or much of a Dungeon Crawl), there will be scads of Zombies about, and if the PCs go there, an abandoned Nuclear Missile Silo site that the PCs will be able to demolish in their quest to rid their hometown of the Radioactive Zombie scourge. Also, the game will be dedicated to his memory.

I also have a page dedicated to Gygax on my website (click the link in my signature at the bottom of this post).

Ragabash Moon · 03-05-2008, 08:44 PM

Would love to, but unfortunately, I have no gaming group anymore :(

quarkstomper · 03-05-2008, 11:10 PM

I'm not sure if my regular gaming group would go for it. At the moment, most of my players are friends of my 14-year-old daughter. They have little experience in RPG's and no experience with D&D. I'm afraid the nostalgia factor would be lost on them.

Although, I think I have an alternative in mind. Our campaign is a Josie and the Pussicats-type setting with players all members of a travelling band. I think I can swing a crossover with the Saturday Morning Dungeons & Dragons cartoons. It might work.

Qoltar · 03-05-2008, 11:12 PM

Considering that the D&D cartoon was a project that Gygax worked directly on in a very involved way - that just might work .

- Ed Charlton

03-05-2008, 11:57 AM	#1
Qoltar Pike's Pique Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio U.S.A.	GaryCon across the globe...way to honor Gygax By now most of you have seen the news about Gary Gygax. I suggest that as a way of honoring Gary Gaygax we have a "GaryCon" across the globe this Friday and Saturday night. By "We" - I mean every gamer possible who plays RPGs. Everywhere, everyone. All of us play either Dungeons & Dragons this Friday and Saturday night -OR- We play the RPG rules system of our choice - but we do a typical D&D-type dungeon crawl. ...either Friday or Saturday night. - Ed Charlton __________________ Take me out to the black Tell them I ain't comin' back Burn the land and boil the sea You can't take the sky from me.... A vote for charity: http://s3.silent-tower.org/TheKlingonVotes/index.html Last edited by Qoltar; 03-05-2008 at 12:01 PM. Reason: I mis-spelled a few things.

03-05-2008, 12:28 PM	#2
dravenloft Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: As far from civilisation as one can be: A city.	Re: GaryCon across the globe...way to honor Gygax I'm in. If Z won't run it, I'll do it. Good idea Q. Fitting tribute methinks. __________________ "Too much sanity'll drive you nuts. Proven fact. When was the last time you met a sane person who wasn't cracked?" --Dr. Serena Cole (roleplayed by yours truly)

03-05-2008, 12:59 PM	#4
Xenmas Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento	Re: GaryCon across the globe...way to honor Gygax I've got a game coming up on Sunday that I am going to be dedicating to Gary.

03-05-2008, 02:23 PM	#6
Witchking Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Athens of America	Re: GaryCon across the globe...way to honor Gygax Good idea Qoltar, by the way appreciate the changed avatar. Wish I could join in but I am not playing until Sunday. Plus the game I am in tends more toward social interaction and highway robbery than dungeon crawling, but if I can work it in I plan on an abusive combo of the Invisiblity and a missle spell in honor of the writer of Keep on the Borderlands. __________________ My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.-Foch America is not perfect, but I will hold her hand until she gets well.-unk Tuskegee Airman

03-05-2008, 02:27 PM	#7
Sydney Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Janesville, WI	Re: GaryCon across the globe...way to honor Gygax I've already been planning on having a 21 d20 Salute to kick off my game, which while not a D&D one (or much of a Dungeon Crawl), there will be scads of Zombies about, and if the PCs go there, an abandoned Nuclear Missile Silo site that the PCs will be able to demolish in their quest to rid their hometown of the Radioactive Zombie scourge. Also, the game will be dedicated to his memory. I also have a page dedicated to Gygax on my website (click the link in my signature at the bottom of this post). __________________ My Gaming Blog

03-05-2008, 08:44 PM	#8
Ragabash Moon Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Topeka, Kansas	Re: GaryCon across the globe...way to honor Gygax Would love to, but unfortunately, I have no gaming group anymore :( __________________ Cleopatra: Whenever she assigned me to the switch, was that Voice, or was Raina influencing her thinking? Because, I mean, if it was Raina, she got inside my head and decided that I would screw it up.

03-05-2008, 11:10 PM	#9
quarkstomper Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: The Enchanted Land-O-Cheese	Re: GaryCon across the globe...way to honor Gygax I'm not sure if my regular gaming group would go for it. At the moment, most of my players are friends of my 14-year-old daughter. They have little experience in RPG's and no experience with D&D. I'm afraid the nostalgia factor would be lost on them. Although, I think I have an alternative in mind. Our campaign is a Josie and the Pussicats-type setting with players all members of a travelling band. I think I can swing a crossover with the Saturday Morning Dungeons & Dragons cartoons. It might work.

03-05-2008, 11:12 PM	#10
Qoltar Pike's Pique Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio U.S.A.	Re: GaryCon across the globe...way to honor Gygax Considering that the D&D cartoon was a project that Gygax worked directly on in a very involved way - that just might work . - Ed Charlton __________________ Take me out to the black Tell them I ain't comin' back Burn the land and boil the sea You can't take the sky from me.... A vote for charity: http://s3.silent-tower.org/TheKlingonVotes/index.html