Gary Gygax passes on

Miros1 · 03-04-2008, 10:26 PM

http://gameinvasion.comcast.net/game...ary_gygax_dies

Rest in peace.

Greg · 03-04-2008, 11:30 PM

Aw, darn.

Miros1 · 03-05-2008, 04:55 AM

With the Open Gaming License, d20 will live forever, especially since TSR (not The Sims Resource) is a subsidiary of Wizards of the Coast, which is a subsidiary of Hasbro.

homerette · 03-05-2008, 05:18 AM

That's a shame, and untimely as well. RIP.

Greg · 03-05-2008, 04:57 PM

Is d20 something other than a 20-sided die?

Miros1 · 03-05-2008, 07:04 PM

Yes, the underlying system of to-hit rolls and saving throws, etc., is called d20 now. Various types of worlds have been converted or developed for it under the OGL, which should make them fundamentally compatible, so you can combine, say, Call of Cthulu d20 with Tony DiGeralamo's Complete Mafia d20, and have goons fighting deep ones.

I think lots of converted worlds/games loose something in the conversion process, but "not having to learn a new set of rules/dice conventions" might get people to try something other than the tried-and-true D&D/fantasy setting.

03-04-2008, 10:26 PM	#1
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	Gary Gygax passes on http://gameinvasion.comcast.net/game...ary_gygax_dies Rest in peace.

03-04-2008, 11:30 PM	#2
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	Aw, darn. __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

03-05-2008, 05:18 AM	#4
homerette Day late & a dollar short Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: central VA Posts: 206	That's a shame, and untimely as well. RIP. __________________ May the roof above us never fall in, and may we friends gathered below never fall out.

03-05-2008, 04:57 PM	#5
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	Is d20 something other than a 20-sided die? __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

03-05-2008, 04:55 AM	#3
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	With the Open Gaming License, d20 will live forever, especially since TSR (not The Sims Resource) is a subsidiary of Wizards of the Coast, which is a subsidiary of Hasbro.

03-05-2008, 07:04 PM	#6
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	Yes, the underlying system of to-hit rolls and saving throws, etc., is called d20 now. Various types of worlds have been converted or developed for it under the OGL, which should make them fundamentally compatible, so you can combine, say, Call of Cthulu d20 with Tony DiGeralamo's Complete Mafia d20, and have goons fighting deep ones. I think lots of converted worlds/games loose something in the conversion process, but "not having to learn a new set of rules/dice conventions" might get people to try something other than the tried-and-true D&D/fantasy setting.