RIP Gary Gygax (1 Viewer)

[Wilbur]

Earlier today Gary Gygax, the creator of Dungeons and Dragons passed away, age 69. Whilst this may not mean much to a lot of you, I urge you to google the name.

Gary Gygax was the father of RPG's. As such, it was his *massive* influence on an entire generation of people that created MMORPG's. Without him, we would not be playing Everquest/WoW/Vanguard etc... now. I hope that everyone here will join me in paying their respects to a great visionary, without whom we would not be spending/wasting countless hours gaming today.

RIP Gary Gygax, you finally rolled a 1.

 

[Siddin]

Gary Gygax, 1938-2008: Rest in Peace, Dungeon Master
Posted by Will Greenwald

Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragon and one of the fathers of tabletop role playing games, died today at the age of 69. He had suffered from heart problems.

The news was first announced on the message board of Troll Lord Games, the publisher of Gygax's most recent works. It has since been directly confirmed by the company, which will post an announcement on its web site later today.

Gygax was best known for helping create Dungeons and Dragons and Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, and pioneered tabletop role playing games. The first D&D rulebooks were released in 1974 by TSR, Inc, and since then produced three full-fledged sequels, numerous revisions and updates, and dozens upon dozens of additional rulebooks, settings, and campaigns. While Gygax hadn't had much direct involvement with D&D for many years, he developed and contributed to many role playing games, Troll Lord Games' Gary Gygax's Fantasy Worlds.

If not for his contributions, video games and geek culture would probably look much different than it does today. Beyond jokes about "d20s" and "saving throws," D&D's systems and mythos have spawned many excellent games, including Baldur's Gate and Planescape: Torment.

Dungeons and Dragons continues to develop. Since TSR was purchased by Wizards of the Coast, the game has seen even more expansions and updates. The company released Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition in 2000, and Dungeons & Dragons 4.0 is scheduled to ship in June. Though he didn't actively produce the latest editions of the game, neither they nor the countless video games, books, and other media that carry the D&D name would have been possible without him.

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9885383-7.html

Now, what irritates me is that they left out MUDs, BBS service games (MajorMud ftw), MMO's, etc.
But yes, RIP man and may you have better luck wherever you end up.

 

[Reygar]

who gets his epics? jk

RIP GG

 

[kevin73]

Man, he failed his saving throw vs Death Magic....

j/k RIP.

 

[Ripperjack]

RIP the man who contributed to my 37 years of virginity!