Gary Gygax Interview

Gary Gygax, who is considered by many as the father of fantasy role-playing (by co-creating the original Dungeons & Dragons PnP game), answered an impressive array of questions for Computer Games Online. The questions mainly deal with D&D PnP, but there is also talk of BioWare’s upcoming Neverwinter Nights. Here’s a quick excerpt:

What do you think of BioWare’s upcoming game, Neverwinter Nights?

I’ve thought all along that any game—massively multiplayer or anything where you go online—is going to do well if it’s well done. You’ve got an ever-growing audience of people. I can’t tell you how many times my game group is busy. Now that they’re older, well, one’s off to college, and one has to work nights, and so on. You are going to run into that sort of stuff online, but not nearly as badly as when you try to physically bring someone into one location.