#Gary Gold

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have The Whole Nine Yards 2000

[theoutcastrogue]

In 1976, after Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax, the most important person in roleplaying games was a Los Angeles woman named Lee Gold. She still contributes to the hobby and still runs a campaign using her Lands of Adventure (1983) game. ...

The shabby state of D&D’s original rules inspired much discussion, and Lee’s [fanzine] Alarums & Excursions served as the hub of this network. “All the role players I know, when we looked a Gary Gygax’s game with its “% liar” and all its typos said, ‘this stuff needs tinkering.’ ... Everybody tinkered with D&D because it needed tinkering to be playable. The nice part about D&D was that it obviously needed player help. ...

Soon though, Gary came to hate APAs like A&E. Partly, he seemed to see APAs as ringleaders for thieves, and not just the sort who—in Gary’s estimation—stole a ride on his coattales. Remember that Lee Gold started with a photocopy of the D&D rules. Early on, copies of D&D, especially outside of TSR’s reach in the Midwest, proved scarce. The $10 price of the original box struck many gamers as outrageous. In the first issues of Alarums & Excursions, some contributors argued that TSR’s profiteering justified Xerox copies of the D&D rules. Gary wrote a rebuttal and Lee told readers that Gary deserved to gain from his work and investment. Surely though, he remained incensed. ...

Meanwhile, Lee published A&E and began writing games. Much of her work showed an interest in history and particularly Japan, where she lived 4 months during A&E’s first year. Land of the Rising Sun (1980) extended the Chivalry & Sorcery system to Japan. Her game Lands of Adventure (1983) aimed for roleplaying in historical settings. Her other credits include GURPS Japan (1988) and Vikings (1989) for Rolemaster. ...

Meanwhile, the men in gaming tended to suppose that only men contributed to the hobby. Lee remembers visiting the Origins convention and spotting shirts for sale that identified the wearer as a “wargaming widow.” Why else would a woman attend a gaming convention?

After Lee finished writing Land of the Rising Sun for Fantasy Games Unlimited, she met publisher Scott Bizar at a local convention to sign the contract. She recalls discussing the game’s credits.

���Do you want to say this game is written by yourself and your husband Barry?” Bizar asked.

“No,” I said. “Barry didn’t write any bit of it. He did the indexing, and I gave him full credit for that. I wrote all of the game. Just say the game is by Lee Gold.”

“Most female writers say they wrote a game with their husbands,” said Bizar.

“I don’t care what other people do,” I said. “Just say the game is by Lee Gold.” And so Land of the Rising Sun came out as written by Lee Gold.

Her one personal encounter with Gary Gygax revealed a similar bias. Early on, Lee sent copies of A&E to TSR. After a couple of months, she received a phone call, which she recounts.

“This is Gary Gygax,” said the voice, “and I’d like to speak to Lee Gold.”

“I’m Lee Gold,” I said. “I gather you got the copies of A&E I sent you.”

“You’re a woman!” he said.

“That’s right,” I said, and I told him how much we all loved playing D&D and how grateful we were to him for writing it.

“You’re a woman,” he said. “I wrote some bad things about women wargamers once.”

“You don’t need to feel embarrassed,” I said. “I haven’t read them.”

“You’re a woman,” he said.

We didn’t seem to be getting anywhere, so I told him goodbye and hung up.

[cerubean]

🎶

[djkerr]

Alden Parker, the GIF that keeps on giving, lol.

[dianessunflower]

BTS of the finale of The Good Fight— aired 10 November 2022

🎶 the piano outro from the end credits scene

[rumbelle-scream]

imagine swanfire was our endgame and we arrived at gideon's plotline where he's supposed to kill emma, his sister-in-law. 🤣

[oldschoolfrp]

"In the past several weeks there have been raids on several outlying towns of the Barony by mysterious golden marauders. Whether these creatures are robots, mutants or men, none can be sure for reports are scarce." (Bill Willingham cover art for GW1: Legion of Gold, Gamma World adventure by Gary Gygax with Luke Gygax and Paul Reiche III, TSR, 1981)

[stranger15]

"Drink up. Let's Boo-Boo!"

[laxmon]

Pokémon — Kanto teams 14/?

Rival and Champion Green's (localized as: Blue) Pokémon team, based on his teams from Pokémon Red and Green and Pokémon Gold and Silver.

Artwork by: Kagemaru Himeno for Jungle (Pidgeot, Rhydon, & Exeggutor) Ken Sugimori for Base Set (Alakazam, Arcanine) Mitsuhiro Arita for Base Set (Gyarados)

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone - Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1987)

[frogskelton]

There is something odd that I need to fix, but I’m not totally sure what it is…

[lovetgr76]

Gary Oldman On 'Slow Horses' Emmy Nominations & New Seasons

Me, knowing season 4 is only weeks away!!!!

[wwprice1]

Awesome art from the underrated New Thunderbolts book of the 2000’s!

[wordup2007]

Classic Whoopsie! Moments (Episode: A Questionable Pair)

[djkerr]

Oh, babe. How was your day?

TGF 06x10 The End of Everything

[orlaogden]