[Moose4]

Gary Gygax finally failed his saving throw vs. death. RIP.

}:-)4

[MrEdd]

Gygax's secret revealed.

[wideawake]

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!"

[Tijeras_Slim]

he had been suffering from health problems for several years

No sunlight, damp basement air, and a steady diet of Mountain Dew and ramen noodles will do that.

[BJClinton]

Oh man, this sucks. I guess his HP finally reached 0.

RIP friend, thanks for the genre.

[Petronski]

They should give him a twelve-sided tombstone.

[GraniteStateConservative]

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.

[Antoninus]

Guess he's getting to meet Asmodeus up close and personal.

I wonder if he'll become a lich?

[YourAdHere]

Proud to say I never knew anyone who played that.

[LonePalm]

I hope he didn't fail his Savior throw.

RIP

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[ovrtaxt]

I first got into D&D when I talked my mom into taking me to a comic book convention at the University, and there were D&D tournaments going on in various rooms— I was probably about 11 years old. It was an amazing thing, I was fascinated by the concept of role playing games.

I was entangled in geekdom for the next 7 years or so, until I met that girl, you know, THAT girl. That one girl, and I’m not talking about the one I married- cuz no way would I have ever married that crazy chick.

I guess Gary finally got pwned by the great Dungeonmaster in the sky. He’s probably off to some astral plane of one sort or another by now...

[wallcrawlr]

hey dungeon master

[shuckmaster]

I recall the story where it was a small garage operation until it was featured on the 700 Club and so many orders came in they had to move to a factory.

[SoothingDave]

I guess no matter how many sides you put on your dice, eventually they’ll come up snake eyes.

[MeanWestTexan]

I have multiple original DD books -— great times, fond memories.

Made me a reader, which was no small feat for someone who despised language as much as I do.

[DungeonMaster]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dandelion]

All adventures must come to an end... (gamer since 1978)

[Lazamataz]

Saddest.

Day.

Ever.

[BRL]

Gygax' wife says he always enjoyed hearing from the game's devoted fans about how the game influenced their lives

Gary must have been a sadist of sorts. My observation in college was that its influence was mostly giving its players a straight F report card and dismisal slips.

[mountainbunny]

Attack the darkness, Gary!

Really sad. We have a copy of the original game around here somewhere.