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Dungeons & Dragons Co-Creator Gary Gygax Dies At 69
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| 3/4/08
Posted on 03/04/2008 10:59:48 AM PST by steve-b
MILWAUKEE (AP) - The man who co-created the game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon is dead.
Gary Gygax (GEYE'-gaks) died this morning at his home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, about 55 miles southwest of Milwaukee.
His wife, Gail Gygax, says he had been suffering from health problems for several years, including an abdominal aneurysm.
Gygax and co-creator Dave Arneson developed the role-playing game in 1974 and it went on to become 1 of the best-selling games ever. Dungeons & Dragons is considered the grandfather of fantasy role-playing games and has influenced video games, books, movies and inspired legions of adoring fans.
Gygax' wife says he always enjoyed hearing from the game's devoted fans about how the game influenced their lives.
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: dandd; dnd; dungeonsanddragons; gygax; obituary; roleplaying
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posted on
03/04/2008 10:59:51 AM PST
by
steve-b
To: steve-b
Gary Gygax finally failed his saving throw vs. death. RIP.
}:-)4
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posted on
03/04/2008 11:04:09 AM PST
by
Moose4
(Hey GOP...don't move toward the middle. Move the middle toward us.)
To: steve-b
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posted on
03/04/2008 11:05:36 AM PST
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: steve-b
Gygax' wife says he always enjoyed hearing from the game's devoted fans about how the game influenced their lives. "Hi, Gail? My name is Xanthurus the Mighty (my parents call me Phil Schmidz, but you know how it goes). I just wanted to let you know that thanks to your husband's wonderful invention I live in my mom's basement, I somewhat support myself by delivering pizzas for a little extra weed money and I have never kissed an actual live girl. Awesome!"
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posted on
03/04/2008 11:07:23 AM PST
by
wideawake
(Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
To: steve-b
he had been suffering from health problems for several yearsNo sunlight, damp basement air, and a steady diet of Mountain Dew and ramen noodles will do that.
To: steve-b
Oh man, this sucks. I guess his HP finally reached 0.
RIP friend, thanks for the genre.
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posted on
03/04/2008 11:09:53 AM PST
by
BJClinton
(RIP E.G.G.)
To: wideawake
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posted on
03/04/2008 11:10:34 AM PST
by
NathanR
( Duncan Hunter for SecDef)
To: Tijeras_Slim
To: Moose4
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posted on
03/04/2008 11:12:10 AM PST
by
BJClinton
(RIP E.G.G.)
To: BJClinton
No, it would have to be under -10. Zero is now unconscious and bleeding out.
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posted on
03/04/2008 11:13:27 AM PST
by
NathanR
( Duncan Hunter for SecDef)
To: wideawake
Life’s just another roll of the (18 sided) dice...
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posted on
03/04/2008 11:14:53 AM PST
by
Borges
To: NathanR
*facepalm*
Been playing WoW too long.
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posted on
03/04/2008 11:15:43 AM PST
by
BJClinton
(RIP E.G.G.)
To: steve-b
They should give him a twelve-sided tombstone.
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posted on
03/04/2008 11:16:24 AM PST
by
Petronski
(Nice job, Hillary. Now go home and get your shine box.)
To: steve-b
I loved D&D when I was a teenager. It gave me and my buddies cover for watching movies like Police Academy. We'd have the board set up and my mom would go to bed thinking that's what we were going to be doing all night. Then, in popped the videos.
I played an Advanced D&D game for my Commodore 64 back then and ran into a room full of Beholders and had my whole group get destroyed before I could manage to exit.
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posted on
03/04/2008 11:16:31 AM PST
by
GraniteStateConservative
(...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
To: wideawake; Tijeras_Slim
Check out YouTube for the song “D&D” by the comedian Stephen Lynch.
I’d post it here, but it’d probably get pulled due to language. What a riot!
To: Borges
18 sided? I recall the 4, 6, 10, 12, and 20 sided, but I don’t recall any 18 sided dice.
Is my memory failing?!? ;-P
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posted on
03/04/2008 11:17:26 AM PST
by
MortMan
(Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. - Alexander Hamilton)
To: Borges
There’s no 18-sider, n00b.
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posted on
03/04/2008 11:17:49 AM PST
by
BJClinton
(RIP E.G.G.)
To: Borges
I found a little yellow icosahedron in my local library once and I was mystified by it.
I did not realize what it was for until I went to high school.
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posted on
03/04/2008 11:18:11 AM PST
by
wideawake
(Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
To: GraniteStateConservative
I played an Advanced D&D game for my Commodore 64 back then and ran into a room full of Beholders and had my whole group get destroyed before I could manage to exit.
Lol. I know exactly what you're talking about.
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posted on
03/04/2008 11:19:09 AM PST
by
BJClinton
(RIP E.G.G.)
To: BJClinton
Sorry for the miscalculation but I haven’t played D&D since I was about 11. And I’ve been here for 3.5 years thanks.
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posted on
03/04/2008 11:19:12 AM PST
by
Borges
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