[Torg] R.I.P. Gary Gygax

[Scott Palter]

This one has hit the pro lists HARD.  A lot of people are facing up to not 
being kids anymore but rather part of a generation that is nearing the end 
of the line.  The whole 60's / 70's set that made paper wargaming happen is 
starting to see funeral notices as a permanent fact of life.

Scott Palter
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kansas Jim" <ksjim at sdc.org>
To: <torg at justintimeadventures.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Torg] R.I.P. Gary Gygax


> Jerry writes:
>
> [...]
>
>> KJ replied:
>>> I'm going to run a session of old-school Basic D&D (Keep on the
>>> Borderlands, bree-yark!) for the college gaming club tomorrow night,
>>> I expect that for most of them it's going to be their first exposure
>>> to the old stuff.
>
>> Are you talking about the original D&D?  I think there was something 
>> earlier than that by Gygax.  But I don't remember it though.  I never
>
> Yup, I'll be using the 1978 reprint of the 2nd edition Basic rulebook.
> I'm not sure if Chainmail was counted as the first edition or if there
> was a D&D in between Chainmail and the book I'm using.
>
> That is, I'll be using it if the game actually happens. One of the
> grognards who was going to be joining me says he might not show up and
> the club's weekly email made no mention of me running a game tonight
> so who knows if it will happen or not. Sigh.
>
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