R.I.P. Gary Gygax - TTLG Forums

Digital Nightfall on 4/3/2008 at 19:49

(http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g8XyHnUHsOBoCofRxK-5waWoAGrAD8V6PL180)

I've only played actual D&D twice, but owe countless hours to pc games both in the early SSI days and the bygone Interplay days. On the other hand I've known and been friends with dozens of people who held these games as their sole passion. I really only knew about him at all because of his cameo in Futurama. RIP old man.

jtr7 on 4/3/2008 at 19:53

*raises glass*

Ah. I failed my saving throw vs. sorrow... -5 to Good Mood. But my Golden Bracers of Happiness give a +4, so I can smile and say "Thanks Gary."

(I've never played D&D, but I've played computer games that owe a lot to it.)

heretic on 4/3/2008 at 20:27

(http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/04/obit.gygax.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest) RIP..

I lost touch with D&D after junior high, but jeebus did I get my time in before that. Hopefully he died knowing how much magic he managed to spread around and leave behind.

catbarf on 4/3/2008 at 21:29

Well, it was going to happen sooner or later. RIP Gary, and thank you for inspiring thousands of games, movies, and hours of entertainment with your unashamed Lord of the Rings ripoff :thumb: Makes me want to dig out my old (very old, I think 30-ish years) AD&D Player's Guide.

the_grip on 4/3/2008 at 21:39

Wow nerd news of the century.

Rest in peace Gary... thanks for the blessed coolness you gave to all the nerds of the world (i.e. myself).

SlyFoxx on 4/3/2008 at 22:16

Just happen to have this Photobucketed....blast from the past for the 40 somethings...

Inline Image:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b202/DromEd/DDBooks.jpg
:(

HauntHunter on 4/3/2008 at 23:55

Ah, those were the days. Video arcades, playing RISK, etc.

I and several buddies started the first D&D club in our high school way back when in the '70s.

We'll miss you GG. Thanks for helping stoke our imaginations.

Printer's Devil on 5/3/2008 at 05:25

Quote Posted by catbarf

RIP Gary, and thank you for inspiring thousands of games, movies, and hours of entertainment with your unashamed Lord of the Rings ripoff.

As a scholar of Nordic mythology, Tolkien did a fine job of borrowing his ideas, too. Gary clipped out the boring travelogues and added sharp polygonal dice, which resulted in a superior product.

jtr7 on 5/3/2008 at 05:48

Teamwork!

Zillameth on 5/3/2008 at 06:57

My bet is that in spite of Gygax having a huge influence on at least two generations of teenagers, and effectively co-inventing a new pastime, in 20 years time everybody will only remember that D&D wasn't even skill based.

Human memory is chaotic evil.