RIP: E. Gary Gygax
 

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Ernest Gary Gygax, co-founder of DUngeons & Dragons, passed away last night. A little while ago i accidentally dialed his number on the phone, and last Gencon I actually got to meet him. We discussed things ranging from religion to game design, and I had the chance to consider him a personal acquaintance, if not a friend.

July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008

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I've never played the DnD games but I do respect what the man did for RPG entertainment. And I always loved his cameo on Futurama. May he rest in peace.

I've been playing one for of D&D or another for years; a lot of the people I played with regarded the man as almost a deity. I thought of him as something of a genius, both for the design of the game and his later works of fiction, not to mention his writings in Dragon magazine, all of which was enjoyable both to play and to read. He'll be missed by many. :(

RIP :(

To be honest, I've never been the kind of person to be addicted to the whole 'D&D' craze. None-the-less, it's still sad to see someone who accomplished so much in his lifetime pass away.

(Great photo Rid :up:)

Oh man, what a huge part of my childhood and adolescence...the world will miss him.

:rose:

I also wasn't a big fan of the D&D craze, I never liked the game and forgive my brash bluntness here but most of the people I knew that were into this were like the crazy obsessed kind. Either way, its a shame our generation has lost Gygax.

I remember not too long ago he was guest starring on "Code Monkeys" on G4TV playing himself, he was pretty funny (and the episode itself was hilarious)

"There are NO sexual charisma points in Dungeons and Dragons!"

It really is a shame.

Tragic news there. May Gygax R.I.P.

aww dude. This is not cool. :(

Never really a D&D fan, but RIP my good sir.