Good night, funny guy. I have had a love-hate relationship with RPGs for close to 20 years. I started with AD&D, then moved on to Battletech, Robotech and all sorts of crazy things. I miss the semi-weekly gaming sessions, but I do not miss some of the crazy people I got stuck playing with. RPGs are not fun when you are stuck with people that can't tell what's real and what's fantasy.
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.
Gygax designed the original D&D game with Dave Arneson in 1974, and went on to create the Dangerous Journeys and Lejendary(sic?) Adventure RPGs, as well as a number of board games. He also wrote several fantasy novels.
[From Gary Gygax, 'Father of D&D,' Dies at 69 | The Underwire from Wired.com]
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2 comments:
You should save vs. Nerd... oh look, you fail.
Gary is responsible for many hours of frustration and amusement for me as well.
the real travesty was that Jack Chick outlived Gygax.
I failed that saving throw the day I decided to go to my second AD&D session. YA RLY.
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