Gail Gygax

[Rhuvein]

Heh, I'm flying tonight . . . mind whirling like a dragon's eye.

So what do we know about Gail?

I had met her at LGGC III and Winter Dark II and found her to be a very warm and charming women. Articulate, intelligent and very friendly.

I had a chance to talk to her in depth at the LGGC IV about loads of stuff, including Gord the Rogue. She's mentioned - and she told me she very much encouraged Gary to write the books.

She talked about her friendship with many TSR peeps and Jeff Easley in particular.

She lived in Lemont, Il (very close to me) and got married to her 1st in Chicago. Heh, this set off a fun discussion about some of the famous murders who were sent to the state prison in Joliet, Il.

We had very much in common and I enjoyed chatting with her.

Recently, with all the discussion of Gygax Games and the pulling of IP rights and such, someone mentioned that Gail worked for TSR as an accountant.

So . . just wondering if anyone else has some info about Gail. I'm very curious now.

And there doesn't seem to be anything on the web (admittedly I only did a cursory search).

Thanks.

;D

[geneweigel]

Whats going on?

[Rhuvein]

The publishing licenses for LA, GFW and some other stuff have been pulled from Hekaforge (Chris Clark - original publisher of LA) and TLG.

Some stuff on CZ seems to be in limbo - anything after CZ III and the additional CZ expansion mods.

Gord the Rogue books - not exactly sure on this one.

Anywho, there is a new company called Gygax games.

[GT]

As far as anything upcoming with the Zagyg stuff and Troll Lord games, they are slated to finish out the Castle. Beyond that, you would probably have to ask Gail or Stephen. I had talked to Gail a few weeks back as she is putting together a biography of Gary, and wondered if I had any old letters, etc. I do, as well as the transcript of Gary's first online chat (from back when the sentences would get mixed together if everyone typed at once! Heh!!) I still have to sort through and scan 'em all and then send 'em off. I don't know exactly where our earliest e-mails are, as I've gone through two computers before this one and the old e-mails are stored on a diskette, I believe. ^__^

[Rhuvein]

GT, how about some biographical info??

If you can that is.

Otherwise, I'm gonna have to ask her myself.

Looks like Winter Dark III is gone (moved to Little Rock), but GaryCON is in the works for March 4th!!!

I hope you guys can make it.

Gail is the real deal. Heh, I hope Gary doesn't mind all the hugs I gave her in June. Of course not. Gary would know why!

God bless us everyone.

Gary, thanks again . . for everything!

[GT]

Oh, yeah-- Gail stated that LA would return, but she wanted the focus on Castle Zagyg for now. Dave may be currently incommunicado for the same reason as Jeff; that is, I'm sure that they both signed NDF's (Scotty probably got one too...). I was bound by one during Mythus, and as it is a binding legal document, I took it seriously until the lawsuit ended. I did not disclose any details outside of my playtesting group (all of whom Gary and Gail had met). So, that's my theory... ^__^

[GT]

I wonder where Jim Ward fits into the Zagyg picture...

[grodog]

Jim was a consultant per the box set credits....

[ghul]

Gail is a lovely woman and a wonderful hostess. I've greatly enjoyed the times I've shared her company. How she chooses to handle her intellectual property is something only she can answer at this time. I'm afraid I'm not allowed to comment on it.