Tags: Temple of Elemental Evil
<A href="http://www.homelanfed.com">HomeLAN Fed</a> has posted up an <A href="http://www.homelanfed.com/index.php?id=12243">interview</a> with <b>Gary Gygax</b>, which covers what D&D CRPGs he's interested in and what he thinks about his system being used as the basis for so many of them, as well as other things.
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<blockquote><b>HomeLAN</b> - How do you feel about Dungeons and Dragons becoming the inspiration for so many PC RPG titles?
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<b>Gary Gygax</b> - Of course imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and that I am! Without knowing it at the time I wrote the original game material, and many adventures thereafter, I had used the Mythic Quest formula, and with some extra alements Joseph Campell didn't mention but are in those old legends, to create something that resonated with many people. I mentioned this in a little-known book I wrote some years back, Master of the Game. anyway, it is a great feeling knowing that I contributed so much to entertaining so large an audience.</blockquote>
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It's interesting he later mentions that he's interested in <A href="http://www.troikagames.com">Troika</a>'s <i>Temple of Elemental Evil</i>, though. Go <b>Timmy</b>!
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<A href="http://www.homelanfed.com">HomeLAN Fed</a> has posted up an <A href="http://www.homelanfed.com/index.php?id=12243">interview</a> with <b>Gary Gygax</b>, which covers what D&D CRPGs he's interested in and what he thinks about his system being used as the basis for so many of them, as well as other things.
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<blockquote><b>HomeLAN</b> - How do you feel about Dungeons and Dragons becoming the inspiration for so many PC RPG titles?
<br>
<br>
<b>Gary Gygax</b> - Of course imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and that I am! Without knowing it at the time I wrote the original game material, and many adventures thereafter, I had used the Mythic Quest formula, and with some extra alements Joseph Campell didn't mention but are in those old legends, to create something that resonated with many people. I mentioned this in a little-known book I wrote some years back, Master of the Game. anyway, it is a great feeling knowing that I contributed so much to entertaining so large an audience.</blockquote>
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It's interesting he later mentions that he's interested in <A href="http://www.troikagames.com">Troika</a>'s <i>Temple of Elemental Evil</i>, though. Go <b>Timmy</b>!
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