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Mar 7, 2019 · He had passed away just hours earlier. Gail says she did not call any of Gary’s other children to tell them the news. She said she didn’t have their phone numbers.
In May 2017, DeSanto’s suit reads, he learned that Gary Gygax had a second will. He wrote it shortly before his death. That will, according to the complaint, merely gives Gail a life estate to some of Gary’s IP—the parts his children couldn’t claim.
Eventually, Ernie Gygax (Gary's son, who played the now-legendary Tenser, among other characters) got fed up with this, and told his dad that Tenser was going to research a cold-based version of fireball so that it wouldn't destroy treasure and wouldn't overflow its volume.
Gail is delusional and pretty antagonistic too. She does everything to hinder Gygax's other children who are actually working on keeping their father's legacy, and she also accepted the funds for the Gygax memorial but didn't do anything with the money in ten years other than placing a commemorative brick somewhere.
May 25, 2020 · Now it seems, on the date that Gary Con was supposed to be running (another COVID cancellation) that Luke Gygax filed a second Gary Gygax Will at a Wisconsin Circuit Court. The family appeared via phone. Gary Gygax’s “other Will” may replace the one Gail has been using to date.
Sep 15, 2022 · Wizards of the Coast, makers of Dungeons & Dragons, have asked the court to stop D&D co-creator Gary Gygax's son, Ernie, from using trademarks for TSR, Gygax's company, and Star Frontiers,...
During all this drama, Gygax had a romantic relationship with Gail Carpenter, his former assistant at TSR. In November 1986, she gave birth to Gygax's sixth child, Alex. Biographer Michael Witwer believes Alex's birth forced Gygax to reconsider the equation of work, gaming and family that, until this time, had been dominated by work and gaming.
