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Gary Gygax
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:34 am
by Mike
Had unfortunately passed away on Tuesday 4 March 2008. He is the founder and creator of Dungeons and Dragons and was still keenly involved in all the fan sites such as Dragonsfoot and Troll Lord Games. There are a couple of links to the forum news sites below
Dragonsfoot and
Troll Lord Games.
Re: Gary Gygax
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:47 am
by mr_e
Sad news indeed. Whilst it's sometimes difficult to relate to someone you never knew personally, he's affected so many people through his gaming systems it's hard not to feel some sense of loss. A fitting quote from Gygax himself:
"I would like the world to remember me as the guy who really enjoyed playing games and sharing his knowledge and his fun pastimes with everybody else."
Re: Gary Gygax
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:07 pm
by stimpsonslostson
Its a shame he died, I'm always in awe of folks who come up with games etc- I've got a copy of D&D somewhere at home... never got around to playing it tho. It seemed quite complex and time consuming, interesting never the less!
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Re: Gary Gygax
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:12 pm
by johnriley1uk
He was a very heavy smoker and apparently had an inoperable aortic aneurism.
Re: Gary Gygax
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 4:52 pm
by Fez
Re: Gary Gygax
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:26 pm
by Mike
A list of things inspired by the Gygax. . . one of them was World of Warcraft. Not surprising really.
Re: Gary Gygax
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:30 pm
by johnriley1uk
Dragonsfoot have created a new forum for all of Gary's threads, archived and locked for reference only.
Re: Gary Gygax
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:02 pm
by the expert
Yesterday (27th) was Garys Birthday,