Gary Gygax

[scarlettina]

From Wired:
Gary Gygax, one of the co-creators of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, according to Stephen Chenault, CEO of Troll Lord Games.

He changed the world. That about says it all.

I never met the man, but many of my friends and colleagues did. Sympathies, my friends.

::raises glass::

Comments

[gamethyme.livejournal.com]

I've met him a couple of times at GenCon. He always had this ... passion for gamers. He loved GenCon and the people who attended it. And it showed.

Safe Journey, Mr. Gygax.

[botgrrrl.livejournal.com]

I never met him, but he had a HUGE impact on my life.

I still clearly remember the day I want over to a friend's house and they had this game I had never seen before. I was still in Elementary school and it shaped my whole future.

[chantry.livejournal.com]

He died on DM's Day. If we had to lose one of the folks who made the roleplaying hobby what it is today, I suppose it is fitting that it was today.

No matter what games we play, or what we may think of D&D, I don't think there's an RPG fan out there who doesn't acknowledge the debt the hobby owes to Mr. Gygax.

Gary Gygax

[ladyjestocost.livejournal.com]

I've always liked weird intersections - like the way I bought my first copy of D&D at Nordstroms in Bellevue. I didn't keep up with it - I traded my share in it to my brothers for reasons I can't even remember now - but it's been a part of the world I live in ever since.

[rosefox]

"I don't think I've really grokked it yet," said Mike Mearls, the lead developer of the upcoming 4th edition of Dungeons and Dragons.

Okay, that cannot seriously be a real quote.

[irrationalrobot.livejournal.com]

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