harami2000 wrote:Ethesis wrote:Paul pretty much has it right. I had finally decided to just get rid of everything and give up on every seeing it published and was going to give some of it away and throw the rest of it out when a good friend suggested that I trust "storm beard" and I'm glad I did."Storm beard"... *chuckles*.Strange how these things work out...Greetings, Stephen!Thank you for all your work and much appreciated for taking the time to visit this "pocket universe".Am sure there's a question or five lurking for you here! Best wishes,David.Oh, and did you ever get paid for those ideas/contributions of yours which were "butchered" in their presented forms in Blackmoor, Eldritch and the Strategic Review? Hrr.....
Ethesis wrote:Paul pretty much has it right. I had finally decided to just get rid of everything and give up on every seeing it published and was going to give some of it away and throw the rest of it out when a good friend suggested that I trust "storm beard" and I'm glad I did.
harami2000 wrote:Ethesis wrote:..."2-3 years unanswered questions from TSR... Eventually I wrote Gary at home. Seems he never had received any of my letters.... As I'm back in contact with Gary..."II and Gary wrote each other a lot about the planes of reality, unencumbered by other discussions, from about '74 on, resulting in the full blown outer planes system and such. Much of what I did with the elemental planes was fill in gaps.The idea was that they should be distinctive, real feeling, textured things.Hope that helps.Ethesis wrote:I'm mailing Paul my orange cover copy of Palace of the Porno Princess (ok, bad joke) and some misc. stuff one keeps around for 1E players and my first printing Player's Handbook.Good grief, no another orange B3. Seems like Paul's stocking up on those from the old timers... (Are signatures optional on the other items? )
Ethesis wrote:..."2-3 years unanswered questions from TSR... Eventually I wrote Gary at home. Seems he never had received any of my letters.... As I'm back in contact with Gary..."I
Ethesis wrote:I'm mailing Paul my orange cover copy of Palace of the Porno Princess (ok, bad joke) and some misc. stuff one keeps around for 1E players and my first printing Player's Handbook.
Ethesis wrote:Last post, then I'm off to the storage unit, I've already missed getting to the post office by responding
Ethesis wrote:I also tried to send him everything (in terms of notes) other than RQ related material. RQ doesn't really seem to grab anyone on the Acaeum and it bores Paul (he is very polite, but it doesn't stir any passion in him -- not that I blame him. Otherwise I'd be sending him misc. correspondence and stuff from that era).
Ethesis wrote:I really appreciate all that he has done and if I find any more things, plan to send them to him. (No, not my third printing OD&D books or supplements, and not the first printing DMG -- those I'm keeping as a part of my life).
Ethesis wrote:Now, if I can only get Paul Jacquays and Sandy to send stuff to Paul, then you would see some auctions.
stormber wrote:Ethesis wrote:I also tried to send him everything (in terms of notes) other than RQ related material. RQ doesn't really seem to grab anyone on the Acaeum and it bores Paul (he is very polite, but it doesn't stir any passion in him -- not that I blame him. Otherwise I'd be sending him misc. correspondence and stuff from that era). What you have RuneQuest stuff? I love RuneQuest stuff.
Deadlord36 wrote:I have a ton of Runequest, the weird stuff like Gateway Bestairy and Balastor's Barracks.
Ethesis wrote:Last post, then I'm off to the storage unit, I've already missed getting to the post office by responding The City of the Revenaunt was an idea that I played with a lot.I liked the idea of a city, often Tarkish, that had a ship drift into port as the result of hidden magics by one faction. Next, you have a group of undead mongering sorcs in a power struggle. Then they lose control.Then the city gets blasted "destroyed in order to be saved" and the city fragment is thrown adrift, to come to rest in a wilderness. A ruined, shifting, haunted city.In the classic iteration, half of it is covere by fog and half by ruins. The fog half containes the revenaunt, and the ruined half, aged and decayed magic.
Ethesis wrote:Players can start working in from the corners, and, some day, perhaps, challenge the evil in the fog.
Ethesis wrote:I was asked to speak on a panel on how to design scenarios and settings and I decided to use the City of the Revenaunt for an example. <snip>It ran like clockwork, to the delight of all, then prizes were given up, I collected two of the copies to go with my original and went home.Later it was suggested that the setting would make a good module for publication. I sent in a copy and it came back with some editing, but then the time passed for my being publishable.
Ethesis wrote:You need to remember that Gary Gygax was a shining star of good grammer, logical construction, proper spelling and intelligent layout. (Last time I said that someone thought I was being sarcastic. I"m not. He was head and shoulders above everyone else in the industry and often working with handwritten notes that were barely legible. ).
Ethesis wrote:I really appreciate all that he has done and if I find any more things, plan to send them to him. <snip>Now, if I can only get Paul Jacquays and Sandy to send stuff to Paul, then you would see some auctions.
mbassoc2003 wrote:There has been criticism of the choices Paul makes when splitting the materials for auction, and the generous write up and flavour he puts into the descriptions of the items in order to encourage the sale.I for one am eternally glad Paul brings these items to auction, and that we have an opportunity to read and study these pieces.
As it turned out, things could've been worse; but that's more down to chance, IMHO.Is just my opinion- not speaking for Stephen in any way- and I'm not planning on changing it, from what I've seen...
Ethesis wrote:Heck, but for Paul, this would all have gone in the trash with the exception of a few small parts.
Ethesis wrote:Always glad to get the Col.'s positive encouragement.
Ethesis wrote:I and Gary wrote each other a lot about the planes of reality, unencumbered by other discussions, from about '74 on, resulting in the full blown outer planes system and such. Much of what I did with the elemental planes was fill in gaps.
Ethesis wrote:Only the PH is signed, and that is an original signature from the 70s. The extra copy stuff is all unsigned, the orange princess is not signed, etc.I guess one could hit the Col. up for a signature now, or get Paul to sign things or .... (I'm not sure what the question means).
Ethesis wrote:There are only about 2-3 "free" (that is for sale) B3s left that I know of. The prices got some attention from old timers, all of whom are divided on whether they should sell them or hold them another ten years. You know how that goes.
Ethesis wrote:Paid?! What is that?I was supposed to get paid when it all promoted my book on the Elemental Planes in '82 or so.
Ethesis wrote:I wouldn't use the term butchered, they were edited to fit current needs.
Ethesis wrote:You need to remember that Gary Gygax was a shining star of good grammer, logical construction, proper spelling and intelligent layout.(Last time I said that someone thought I was being sarcastic. I"m not. He was head and shoulders above everyone else in the industry and often working with handwritten notes that were barely legible. ).
harami2000 wrote:question, aside: for the Cupric Text PBM campaign (for lack of a better name), did each "player" have a separate character or /party/? And were they allowed to roleplay amongst each other, too, in addition to you acting as central arbiter for the "moves"?(Running a PBM on any scale with such 1-1 depth always seemed to be a bit problematic to me! Am very glad if this worked).question 2, aside: I get the feeling there may have been /another/ PBM before the Cupric Text campaign. Your March 1976 letter to Peggy also has a separate list of characters, etc., requiring fill-in details; with a "return by April" date as well as "1976" very faint at the top. Certainly appears to go with the letter, but gives but mere hints as to how you might have managed that one (if it got off the ground); and possibly your CT endevors, later.(Mycenaean as a race gets a smile and a nod, here, as does Snow Dwarf ; )