Gary Gygax creator of Dungeons and Dragons dead at 69

[wktf]

I never played it but my 15 yr old son loves the game, and it was quite the rage when I was in college back in the '70s. NYTimes obit here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/ar...es&oref=slogin

[mwf6171]

I guess I never realized D&D was popular in the 70's. I did not start playing until around 1984. But I did grow up in Kansas, so I can see how it could have taken an bit longer to get to us in the sticks.....

[protector2814]

Really sad news. I spent weeks and weeks of my life playing this game in the late 70's and early 80's and had a great time doing so. Still have all the original brown, paperback manuals and original hardcovers, my dice, heck...even my index-card characters are on my desk in my office. Gary Gygax was a genius who did more to establish friendships and develop imagination than many. God's Speed. One of a kind. They broke the mold.

[Babytoxie]

Not intending to hijack the thread, but I figure anything D&D-related at this point is applicable for a tribute to Gary Gygax.

http://www.paratime.ca/v_and_v/art_jdee.html

[Tommy Allison]

I see he failed his saving throw versus Heart Disease.

[cougartrace]

Originally Posted by Tommy Allison

I see he failed his saving throw versus Heart Disease.

He had an abdominal anyeurism

[Teague]

Originally Posted by cougartrace

He had an abdominal anyeurism

Actually, the anyeurism was years ago. Was that what killed him? If so, it took a long time (which is possible, I guess). The reports I've seen just said he'd been in ill health for some time.

D&D was one of my great pastimes when I was a kid, for sure. I still play once a year with my group of friends from high school--we meet in Vegas or whatever, and roll the dice again. It's nice to be 15 again, for one weekend (with the added benefit of liquor, gambling, and cigars...)

I still have all my old books, modules, dice, character sheets, all that stuff. Great fun.

[Superhero]

For those of you that never played. You honestly don't know what you missed. Back in the 70's and early 80's, it was better than Everquest or World of Warcraft because literally anything was possible, fleshed out story lines where you actually made a difference. You could play evil or good and you actually had to be in character. Finally, it is a lot more fun to sit with a group of friends than in front of a computer monitor.

It is imagination unleashed with the boundaries of a few rules to guide you. Unfortunately, the stereotype portrayed as the D&D player is completely undeserved and inaccurate. It has developed such a bad stereotype of the players: unclean, fat, smelly geeks with no life....well maybe it is a little deserved

[Teague]

Here's the article I wrote on this yesterday. A little tongue-in-cheek, but meant with love.

http://blogs.westword.com/latestword..._for_the_d.php

It's actually getting a lot of net play, on Fark and the like.

[scott]

Used to play this game. You really had to have a good DM or it was not going to be fun. I remember passing though Lake Geneva and checking out the Dungeon.It was a neat little store for us role playing geeks. RIP Gary.