tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post8583848580701761280..comments2024-03-24T18:59:07.813-07:00Comments on ZENOPUS ARCHIVES: Gygax's "City on the Edge" Greyhawk AdventureZenopus Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14069501995927451558noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-85262278077613494962023-07-27T08:39:19.352-07:002023-07-27T08:39:19.352-07:00So cool! Being a native Tennesseean, it really mak...So cool! Being a native Tennesseean, it really makes me want to track down who those gamers were. Cerulean Rexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03868242005319874128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-86599724009985085282022-03-14T08:57:46.399-07:002022-03-14T08:57:46.399-07:00Has anyone ever tried to do an open call out for p...Has anyone ever tried to do an open call out for people who played with Gygax in other than published adventures (or in, really) to pool their knowledge and recollections so as to have the best basis for reconstructions, knowledge of what house rules he ueednover time, etc.?<br /><br />I could see questions being answered and maybe a couple of "illusory grails" laid to rest...Darryl R Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07174020996671107501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-54063093152976749532022-03-11T14:23:56.671-08:002022-03-11T14:23:56.671-08:00Super cool find Zac!Super cool find Zac!DHBoggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170439175265397893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-47846753117129299152022-03-09T13:11:45.086-08:002022-03-09T13:11:45.086-08:00Over the Piazza, Night Druid suggested that the Ci...Over the Piazza, Night Druid suggested that the City on the Edge is reminiscent of the Nameless City by Lovecraft, which I think is an excellent observation, checking several of the same boxes, including a Near-East inspired location, an unknown origin predating current civilization, and shunning by the locals.<br />Zenopus Archiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069501995927451558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-58818344817171310762022-03-09T06:20:56.492-08:002022-03-09T06:20:56.492-08:00Thanks for mentioning that. I came across that whe...Thanks for mentioning that. I came across that when I was searching the name of the city in association with Gygax. He wasn't a write of the episode, but definitely a possibility there is some kind of association.Zenopus Archiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069501995927451558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-71774211066787660972022-03-08T14:52:35.638-08:002022-03-08T14:52:35.638-08:00There was also an episode of the Dungeons & Dr...There was also an episode of the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon called The City at the Edge of Midnight. That might also be a source of the name.Thoth Amonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00172210835575382770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-27523978591036444372022-03-07T11:00:17.993-08:002022-03-07T11:00:17.993-08:00In the Doomsday Games forum thread that I linked a...In the Doomsday Games forum thread that I linked above, GR Welsh points out Gord travels through some of this same territory, i.e., the Pen-Wilds to Hlupallu (Lopolla), in the Sea of Death, on pages 70-71.Zenopus Archiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069501995927451558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-84178367617326162922022-03-07T10:29:37.703-08:002022-03-07T10:29:37.703-08:00I did look to see if he mentioned the players anyw...I did look to see if he mentioned the players anywhere else, but didn't turn up anything. I wonder how they convinced him to run a game set in the World of Greyhawk again. Zenopus Archiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069501995927451558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-57288895771914813012022-03-07T10:28:17.650-08:002022-03-07T10:28:17.650-08:00That is a possibility. He did watch the OS ("...That is a possibility. He did watch the OS ("I did watch most of the Star Trek programs, preferring the more recent ones to the original season" as he said on DF). If nothing else, the episode name may have stuck in his head.Zenopus Archiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069501995927451558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-15948013982247723162022-03-07T04:46:27.895-08:002022-03-07T04:46:27.895-08:00:-) :-) Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11706198175752814799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-72378237193440715572022-03-06T19:55:34.047-08:002022-03-06T19:55:34.047-08:00Very cool - so nice to hear Gary's conversatio...Very cool - so nice to hear Gary's conversational tone. Thanks for reproducing his comments!<br /><br />I wonder if it's known who the players were?paleologoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640356065053822793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-47909377055847141882022-03-06T19:24:56.222-08:002022-03-06T19:24:56.222-08:00Very interesting! Very interesting! Akrasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-22203699425919828522022-03-06T15:47:29.125-08:002022-03-06T15:47:29.125-08:00very cool. Thanks! I think Baron Greystone must be...very cool. Thanks! I think Baron Greystone must be correct. City on the Edge is almost certainly an allusion to the Star Trek episode.Thomas Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947462308881063286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4046247285022763255.post-92104701145042927652022-03-06T14:14:38.108-08:002022-03-06T14:14:38.108-08:00"City on the Edge of Forever?" Time trav..."City on the Edge of Forever?" Time travel, changing the past and returning to "Mirror Greyhawk?"Baron Greystonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16636292202674906870noreply@blogger.com