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RIP Gary Gygax

by Reynolds on Tue 04 Mar 2008 09:43 PM GMT | Permanent Link | Cosmos

E. Gary Gygax died today.

For those who have never heard of him, he was the co-creator of the original Dungeons and Dragons Role-playing game.

This makes me incredibly sad - without D&D I wouldn't be the person who I am today. Gaming has taught me a lot, and not just those jokey '1001 things I learned from playing D&D' type lists.

I don't think I'd be blogging if it were for the effect that RPGs have had on my life.

Wil Wheaton says it best.

Rest In Peace.

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Re: RIP Gary Gygax

by Queevs on Wed 05 Mar 2008 01:11 AM GMT | Profile | Permanent Link

I'm sorry to hear that Tom. Death seems to be hanging around today, I just found out that a friend of mine's Dad died tonight.

I just hope they all rest in peace.

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by Andy Kybett on Wed 05 Mar 2008 08:30 AM GMT | Profile | Permanent Link

rest in peace sir....

Re: RIP Gary Gygax

by alice the architect on Wed 05 Mar 2008 12:24 PM GMT | Profile | Permanent Link

I often found it embarrasing to admit to being a D&D fan, and some of the D&D players I knew were real wierdos, but it was fun, damn it. What would I have done without his reference books of monsters to populate my architectural dungeons with?

Re: RIP Gary Gygax

by Sage303 on Wed 05 Mar 2008 01:45 PM GMT | Profile | Permanent Link

Never a fan of D&D in playing the game itself, but loved the idea enough to set up a writing group, which is still going 10 years later where we each have a part to play in telling a story and one of the best things we did was to introduce events for someone else's character.. fantasy is such fun.

What would we have done without his imagination?

Re: Re: RIP Gary Gygax

by Anidan on Thu 06 Mar 2008 10:13 AM GMT | Profile | Permanent Link

You just described roleplaying. One of us, one of us…

Re: Re: Re: RIP Gary Gygax

by Sage303 on Thu 06 Mar 2008 04:32 PM GMT | Profile | Permanent Link

I know :-) that's why I gave the nod to D&D as a tribute... just that we played by distance rather than f2f with dice and chance.

Re: RIP Gary Gygax

by bensansum on Wed 05 Mar 2008 02:09 PM GMT | Profile | Permanent Link

I was sad to see the news - I think this is the best tribute I have seen so far: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0536.html#

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by Vickster on Wed 05 Mar 2008 11:39 PM GMT | Profile | Permanent Link

Hi Tom,

I have just finished reading your book Blood Sweat & Tea and found it really interesting. Keep up the good work - you sound like a sensible man!

Re: RIP Gary Gygax

by Bob Dowling on Fri 07 Mar 2008 12:34 AM GMT | Profile | Permanent Link

Like yourself D&D and the games that followed made a huge difference to how my life turned out. I've still got the "Friday night role-playing crew" as good friends after lord knows how many years. Actually, thinking about it, it's about twenty years. Wow.

Gary Gygax, thank you.

Re: RIP Gary Gygax

by gordonjcp on Fri 07 Mar 2008 08:43 AM GMT | Profile | Permanent Link

Actually I thought XKCD said it best:
http://xkcd.com/393/

Re: RIP Gary Gygax

by Supermouse on Sun 09 Mar 2008 03:30 AM GMT | Profile | Permanent Link

I'd forgotten you were a gamer, although it's one of the reasons I ended up bookmarking your blog for a regular read.

I go to a D&D game next weekend, version 3.0. No doubt we'll say something.

Re: RIP Gary Gygax

by St/N on Mon 17 Mar 2008 02:52 PM GMT | Profile | Permanent Link

I LOVE D&D. It's so sad that Gary died. There has been many a time I have come home from a horrible shift in A+E and relaxed by entering an abandoned mine and slaughtering beholders or running from black dragons in infected swamps!

R.I.P Gary

Re: RIP Gary Gygax

by curahn on Sun 04 May 2008 09:41 AM BST | Profile | Permanent Link

I thought the penny arcade tribute "Bordering on the semi tasteful"was quite touching.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/03/03/

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