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Interview with James Ward (Gamma World) and Rick Krebs (Gangbusters)

Started by random-wizard, March 02, 2013, 06:12:56 PM

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random-wizard

March 02, 2013, 06:12:56 PM
I have had the pleasure to add two more interviews with the old guard of TSR.

James M Ward, the author of Gamma World, Metamorphosis Alpha, Pool of Radiance, Greyhawk Adventures. He talks about Gary, his time at TSR, and the continuing mystery of beards.
http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/02/james-m-ward-interview.html

Rick Krebs, another friend of Gary, author of GangBusters, contributor to Dragon magazine. He talks about Gary, the development process of Gangbusters, and the role of computers with RPGs.
http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/03/rick-krebs-interview.html

finarvyn

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March 03, 2013, 07:10:14 AM
Quote from: random-wizard;633596Rick Krebs, another friend of Gary, author of GangBusters, contributor to Dragon magazine. He talks about Gary, the development process of Gangbusters, and the role of computers with RPGs.
http://randomwizard.blogspot.com/2013/03/rick-krebs-interview.html
Two great interviews! Thanks for sharing.

Jim Ward gets some press because he is still very active in gaming (Metamorphosis Alpha has its own forum, Jim worked with Troll Lord Games, Jim is currently part of Eldritch Ent games) but Rick Krebs has mostly vanished from the gaming scene. For anyone interested in Gangbusters, I'll mention that Rick sometimes hangs out in the OD&D Discussion boards since we maintain a GB section.

http://odd74.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=gangbusters

We also have one for MA, but as I said Jim has his own official boards for that.

http://www.metamorphosisalpha.net/phpBBv3/index.php
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March 04, 2013, 11:32:30 AM
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March 04, 2013, 11:55:00 AM
Thank you for the notice of these random-wizard!  That story that Jim told about teaching and growing a beard! haha   Rick is a cool guy and very forward looking.  You ask different interesting questions random-wizard, which is great.

random-wizard

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March 05, 2013, 01:32:00 AM
Thanks everyone.
I have really enjoyed putting together the interviews. I have slowed down on contacting more of the old guard as it can be quite time consuming, but I still have a few more in the works that should show up in the near future.
Stay tuned for more.
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