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1d4 minutes silence for Gary Gygax (1938 to 2008) PDF Print E-mail
Written by Gerard Wood   
Tuesday, 11 March 2008


gygax.gifGary Gygax, father of RPGs (Role Playing Games, for those of you from another dimension), sadly passed away on the morning of 4 March 2008 at his home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, aged 69.

Author and game designer, Gygax was responsible with Dave Arneson for the creation of the gaming system Dungeons and Dragons (D&D).  In 1973 Gygax founded Tactical Studies Rules (TSR, Inc.) with Don Kaye, publishing the first version of D&D in 1974, the seminal and most popular RPG system ever to captivate the imagination of its players.

Besides his wife, Gail, Gary Gygax is survived by six children.

I propose that those of us who have whiled away glorious days, weeks and months in the universes inspired by the genius of the man, take out and roll our four sided dice and pass 1d4 minutes silence in tribute: vale Gary Gygax!

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Yeah, but it happened 1d8 days ago.
written by b5fan, March 12, 2008
I rolled a 7. Way to be all over this one, guys.
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That's a fair cop
written by Gerard, March 12, 2008
Let's just say there was a week of mourning and this short piece is intended to mark Gary Gygax's passing and acknowledge his contribution, not merely to announce his death.
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RIP
written by Tony, March 14, 2008
What a shame. I remember those glorious days, weeks & months too.
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