RIP Gary Gygax

[MrMockle]

All,

 

I appreciate that this may mean next to nothing for the majority of you, at least at first glance, but on Tuesday March 4th, Gary Gygax, the creator of Dungeons and Dragons and father of role-playing games, passed away.

 

I was a keen player of RPGs and wargames in my youth and, like most into such pastimes, my first exposure was when a family friend brought me a boxset of Basic D&D when I was about 10. I and many of my school friends were enthralled immediately by the fantasy worlds sporned from those pages of rules and charts, the funny shaped dice, endless graph paper maps and painted lead figurines. Such games were a key part of my life during my late childhood and throughout my teens, shaping the person I am today and developing many of my social, personal and creative skills.

 

The Times newspaper printed an obituary yesterday and here is the online version:

 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3491541.ece

 

Thanks for everything Gary!

 

Regards,

Mr Mockle

[Kappa]

You're not alone.. I also spent hours sitting around similar graph paper maps, rolling dice and using the imagination to picture the different environments we were exploring. The different quests we would undertake with each purchase we made, when we purchased the different campaign modules. Thinking about it, that 'was' a long time ago.. If I remember correctly (to shed some light on this) there was paisley wallpaper on the walls with a 'goldish' accent paint?

[Zaphod_bee]

I have not come along this information so far.

 

Let´s think about him for a minute right now .......

 

I´ve played numerous paper&pencil during my childhood, beeing D&D one of them.

 

Thanks for your imagination Gary,

 

Regards

Zaphod_bee

[LordTheNightKnight]

I am glad he died relatively peacefully, and after a full life.

 

I hope he's having a good time on the other side.

 

BTW, D&D allows wearing furs, which is a nice touch (see the Cloak of Lordliness, which requires an ermine lining).