The TSR Games changing its name is the one that was founded in 2012 to honour Gary Gygax by Jayson Elliot, with the backing of the Gygax brothers, to run Gygax Magazine.
The confusing re-return of TSR Games and a potential dinosaur theme park
So we’re left to unearth these clues found scattered over their social media activities and one very sketchy press release.
D&D’s Gary Gygax’s widow is being sued by Hollywood over a dungeon
Urg, this looks messy. Two years ago the movie producer Tom DeSanto (X-Men, Transformers and this summer’s Bumble Bee) struck a deal to ‘oversee the Gygax catalog of published and unpublished works’. Now, according to the widow of Dungeons & Dragons co-creator, she is being used by him and New Myth Entertainment for $30 million. […]
Gygax Magazine to close
There had been some dispute over the name of the Gygax Magazine. The magazine had Luke and Ernie Gygax on board if not the whole Gygax Estate but now that’s changed. The result means the magazine cease being published. In an email to subscribers, Jayson Elliot of TSR Games, noted; As you may have heard, […]
What on Earth is Mythoard and why should RPGers care?
If you pop over to Mythoard you’ll find a site that promises to send you a box full of RPG goodies every month. This month they’ve content from Chessex, Throwi Games, Moon Dice Games, Flatland Games, Genius Loci Games and Imaginary Maps. Read on if you want an exclusive reveal into what Mythoard will offer […]
Does anyone care? Happy 40th birthday to Dungeons and Dragons
Today is Dungeons & Dragon’s 40th birthday. While we can’t be %100 that the 26th is the exact date, as it was never announced, historian and author Jon Peterson presents some great research on his blog that really leaves little debate. The approach to the birthday has been covered here on Geek Native. There’s been […]
The Ernie Gygax Fire Relief fund
Ernie Gygax, son of Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax lost his home yesterday to a fire. It is understood that no one was hurt but the Ernie Gygax Fire Relief fund is now being coordinated on Facebook. According to Facebook, Ernie currently lives by Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Tim Kask wrote; Ernie’s Inferno Update: 7:00 […]
Is there conflict between the ‘Gary Gygax Estate’ and new Gygax Magazine?
This may be a tricky story to cover and I suspect emotions are running high. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson created Dungeons & Dragons. Most people consider D&D to be the original tabletop RPG and Gary Gygax to be its father. Gary sadly passed away in 2008, he had suffered from strokes in 2004 but […]
