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December 2008

Initiative

Submitted by Snarky on Mon, 12/22/2008 - 09:46

Why is it when I create a new character/monster it asks for an initiative, and then when I hit the add button the initiative I entered is changed??  

I have Ultra turned off, and roll initiative on start disabled.

Tributes to Gary Gygax

Gary Gygax was commemorated in a number of webcomics, including xkcd's comic #393 "Ultimate Game,"1 Penny Arcade's "Bordering On The Semi-Tasteful,"2

  • 1. Munroe, Randall. "Ultimate Game". xkcd. Archived from the original on 2008-10-04.
  • 2. "Bordering On The Semi-Tasteful". Penny-arcade.com.

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Awards and honors

Gary Gygax received several awards related to gaming,1 including the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design Origins Award Hall of Fame 1980.2

  • 1. Gygax, Gary. Long Biography of E(rnest) Gary Gygax (revision 6-05), ©2005
  • 2. Hall of Fame". Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts &Design. Archived from the original on 2008-03-29. Retrieved on 2008-03-29.

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Personal life

Gygax married his first wife, Mary Jo Gygax, in 1958. By 1961 they had two children – Ernie and Elise – who would later assist with play-testing Dungeons & Dragons.1 Three more children were to follow - Heidi, Cindy, and Lucion (Luke)2

  • 1. Kushner, David. "Dungeon Master: The Life and Legacy of Gary Gygax". Wired.com. Retrieved on 2008-10-16.
  • 2. Gygax, Gary.

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Late career

In the mid 1980s, Gygax worked with Flint Dille on the Sagard the Barbarian Books.123

  • 1. Gygax, Gary; Dille, Flint (1985). The Ice Dragon. Pocket Books. ISBN 0-67155-487-5.
  • 2. Dille, Flint; Gygax, Gary (1985). The Green Hydra. Pocket Books. ISBN 0-67155-488-3.
  • 3. Gygax, Gary; Dille, Flint (1985). The Crimson Sea. Pocket Books.

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Gary Gygax Leaving TSR

In 1979, a Michigan State University student supposedly disappeared into the school's steam tunnels while playing a live-action version of D&D. Negative mainstream media attention focused on Dungeons & Dragons as a result. In 1982, Patricia Pulling's son killed himself; blaming Dungeons & Dragons for his suicide, Pulling formed an organization named B.A.D.D.

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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons

Beginning in 1977, a new version of D&D was created, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D). The Monster Manual would be the first supplemental rule book of the new system, with many books to follow.1

  • 1. "The History of TSR". Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2008-10-04.

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Founding TSR

Gygax left Guidon in 1973, and, with Kaye as a partner founded the publishing company Tactical Studies Rules (later known as TSR, Inc.), with $2,400 for startup costs.1

  • 1. Kushner, David. "Dungeon Master: The Life and Legacy of Gary Gygax". Wired.com.

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Wargames

During the 1960s, Gygax worked as an insurance underwriter1 in Lake Geneva.2

  • 1. Staff (2008-03-05). "Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax dies at 69; mapped out role-playing game in 1974", International Herald Tribune. Retrieved on 12 October 2008.
  • 2. Tinsman, Brian (2002). The Game Inventor's Guidebook. Krause Publications.

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Early life and inspiration

Born in Chicago on July 27, 1938, Gygax was the son of Swiss immigrant and Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist Ernst Gygax,1 and Almina Emelie Burdick.2

  • 1. "Gary Gygax", The Times (March 6, 2008). Retrieved on 7 October 2008.
  • 2. La Farge, Paul (September 2006).

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