Then I discovered that I could use my "Teachers Choice" money to buy a Pound o' Dice bag, which was cool (I've even given some of those away to students who liked the pretty colors) and other unusual looking dice. (I do teach probability, so it was connected to the curriculum. And I can take them home over the summer ....)
Too bad I can't get my kids into this stuff. It's computer games for them and that's it.
Some of you may insult, or be amused by your comments. Gary would have laughed at the comedic ones himself.
Consider, mind you, with his political views he’d be very close to many of you who post on Free Republic. With some of the stories he used to send out over his various mailing lists, chances are he was a closet FReeper.
His dislike of Hillary Clinton rivaled that of some of those posting here. He supported the troops, but he also was a strong advocate of libertarian ideals of freedom of speech.
As pointed out, Gary was happily married at the time of his passing, and had six children between this marriage and his previous one.
Losing both William F Buckley and E Gary Gygax in a span of less than a week is really disheartening to someone who listened to both.
>>Too bad I can’t get my kids into this stuff. It’s computer games for them and that’s it.
Aw that’s too bad .. my daughter has played pen ‘n paper RP since she was 12 years old, with her Dad’s gaming group. They play everything from DnD to Vampire, The Masquerade, to Robotech RP.
When I started playing Everquest in 2000 she had a little woodelf warrior on my account, and RP’ed it! She belonged to the RP Club & Ren Club in High School and now moderates RP chats online. She has a 70 alliance rogue in WoW, and is one of the most imaginative fantasy writers I’ve seen in the vein of R.A. Salvatore. (allowing for my bias of course.)
And it all started with pen ‘n paper RP for her. Maybe if you get a group of gamers together they’ll watch enough to join in and show you how it’s done! :)