tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post5704697665646470176..comments2024-03-29T00:32:33.920-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Different Worlds: Issue #2James Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-13340994290155606582021-02-18T16:24:38.121-05:002021-02-18T16:24:38.121-05:00Hmm, I never made that connection...
There was a ...Hmm, I never made that connection...<br /><br />There was a lot of thought back in the day that it was Tadashi, but could also have been Greg Stafford. Or like you say, multiple people.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15855679156477779666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-88277510816926121532021-02-18T16:21:40.274-05:002021-02-18T16:21:40.274-05:00Hey, I'm pretty sure that's my copy... I p...Hey, I'm pretty sure that's my copy... I picked up Legacy I think at a Boskone, maybe from the author. I never figured out what to do with it.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15855679156477779666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-69622883780571719452021-02-16T11:59:27.167-05:002021-02-16T11:59:27.167-05:00Very true – and a genuinely charitable take on the...Very true – and a genuinely charitable take on the comment.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-7390513761612899482021-02-16T11:56:00.100-05:002021-02-16T11:56:00.100-05:00Well, on the whole Costikyan has benefited the hob...Well, on the whole Costikyan has benefited the hobby and the industry far more than than most, and he's pretty professional the vast majority of the time. Makes the odd display of aberrant nastiness all the more jarring.<br /><br />To play Devil's advocate in this particular case, he was very young in 1989, couldn't even buy a drink legally. Most of us have done iffy things at that age, back when we were angry young folks. Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-60083956770628262152021-02-16T10:48:08.692-05:002021-02-16T10:48:08.692-05:00I think you're probably correct – or at least,...I think you're probably correct – or at least, I came to the same conclusion. That, sadly, doesn't resolve the issue of D'Arn's actual identity (assuming it's a single person).James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-39462808494686874022021-02-16T10:29:57.917-05:002021-02-16T10:29:57.917-05:00Maybe this was so blindingly obvious that you didn...Maybe this was so blindingly obvious that you didn’t even mention it, but “Gigi D’Arn” appears to be named in honor of Gygax (“G.G.”) and Arneson (“D. Arn.”)Deadstophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844595286531971355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-6719696292845277082021-02-16T09:26:35.105-05:002021-02-16T09:26:35.105-05:00I agree with your assessment of Costikyan. Granted...I agree with your assessment of Costikyan. Granted, I'm a thin-skinned milquetoast but I have little patience for casual meanness like that and I think it's unbecoming of a man of such obvious talent as Costikyan.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-61294064213883540662021-02-16T09:22:09.522-05:002021-02-16T09:22:09.522-05:00Hmmm...think that might be the first appearance of...Hmmm...think that might be the first appearance of the RQ Cacodemon cult in print, but it's been revisited several times since.<br /><br />Costikyan has always been something of an iconoclast when it comes to gaming, and has won awards for his efforts to give indie game designers a means to publish without signing their work over to big companies. Not really a surprise to see him slinging shade at TSR even this far back. Man's done some brilliant work over the years but he's also got a streak of mean-spiritedness, especially when he's behind the Designer X mask.<br /><br />I'll point out that when this was published Greg was 20, while "crotchety old man" Gygax was all of 41. Wonder how he feels about 40 being "old" now that he's in his sixties himself?Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-43357282910687222002021-02-16T09:20:43.567-05:002021-02-16T09:20:43.567-05:00Thanks for that!Thanks for that!James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-26385439073611047472021-02-16T09:17:36.144-05:002021-02-16T09:17:36.144-05:00Legacy sounds interesting. But let's ask the m...Legacy sounds interesting. But let's ask the man who owns one: https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/legacy-the-worst-game-every-written-or-the-least-the-unintentionally-funniest.359401/Will Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379173017869751088noreply@blogger.com