A Land Far Away

Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax dies at 69

Associated Press - March 4, 2008 1:15 PM ET

MILWAUKEE (AP) - The man who co-created the game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon is dead.

Gary Gygax died Tuesday 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.

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*****

From what I read in his dragon columns, I would have hated his DMing but at the same time, I acknowlegde the debt...

Few people I have never met or talked to have had such a monumental effect upon my life. I have to offer my thanks to him as well.

The Gygax is dead; long live the Gygax.

Mikayla sums it up. I was nine when I was introduced to Dungeons and Dragons over two decades ago. It has shaped more about me than I would care to admit.

Thank you, Gary.

Sorry I posted this also in the D&D forums since it had to do with D&D. he will be missed.


Edit: I deleted my post in the general forums since this was already here.

ridiculous

Sad sad, I still fondly remember looking at first edition players manual for the first time. He left a legacy that we still play with today and will for many years to come.

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0536.html

There are no words to describe how I feel.

/me holds the dice silent in a moment of remembrance

Damn, he will be missed. The Godfather of D&D and everything that spawned off if it.

Keep on the Borderlands was my first introduction to all of this... oh sometime around 1980.

Thank you Mr. G

That is a cool OOTS link PL.

Yeah, dude spawned a whole crazy industry, good stuff. RIP.

The Dungeon Master helped me meet some of my best friends, helped me fall in love with my husband, and some of the greatest times in my life, ever.

I owe him alot.

*bows*

I suppose he formed my life, too, in many ways.

Rest in Peace, GG