Well...famous is a relative term i guess. I,(along with AlphaDog and i'm sure countless others) remember the name Gary Gygax. The creator of Dungeon and Dragons dies today in Lake Geneva, WI.

 

Gary helped alot of us waste countless afternoons backin the 80's.

 

 

 

"Ernest Gary Gygax (July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008) was an American writer and game designer, best known for co-creating the pioneering role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) with Dave Arneson, and co-founding the company Tactical Studies Rules (TSR) with Don Kaye in 1974. Gygax is generally acknowledged as the father of the role-playing game.[2]

 

On March 4, the Associated Press confirmed reports of Gygax's death that originally were made by Troll Lord Games,[3] a small role-playing game company Gygax had been working with.[4][5] He had been in poor health, suffering multiple strokes and a near-heart attack. He died the morning of March 4, 2008 at his home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin."

 

 

Quick! Somebody get their Cleric to resurrect him!!

 

Seriously, that's sad to hear. I have many things to thank Mr. Gygax for. First and foremost, he more than anybody else helped me hold on to my virginity for several years too long.

 

Edited March 4, 200818 yr by FlaSoxxJim

Quick! Somebody get their Cleric to resurrect him!!

 

Seriously, that's sad to hear. I have many things to thank Mr. Gygax for. First and foremost, he more than anybody else helped me hold on to my virginity for several years too long.

 

 

You lost your virginity to Gary Gygax?

You lost your virginity to Gary Gygax?

 

:bang

So that's the dude that started it all........well RIP.

I heard he had arthritis in his wrist from throwing 20 sided die. RIP.

I'm sorry to hear this. I first bought the game in the mid-70's. My brother and I drove up to Lake Geneva and went to his house. At the time he was a shoe repairman and worked out of his basement. At that particular time I believe that was about the only way to purchase the game. He had just put it out.

Anyway, some years later I moved to Lake Geneva which is where I met my wife. It turned out she knew several of Gygax's kids and played over at their house all the time. Kinda weird.

My brother still lives up there and had Gygax over at his house last summer and interviewed him for some film he was making. Gygax was definitely eccentric but a genuinely nice guy. RIP.