D&D Co-Creator Gary Gygax Has Passed Away

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday March 4, 2008 @06:22AM from the tip-of-the-hat-roll-of-the-dice dept.

Mearlus writes "In the recent past co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons Gary Gygax has worked with Troll Lord Games, a small tabletop RPG publisher. Their forums have up a post noting that Mr. Gygax has apparently passed away. Gygax was known, along with Dave Arneson, as the Father of Roleplaying." Saddened reactions from well-known designers have already begun to appear online. Consider this is an in-memoriam Ask Slashdot question: How has D&D (and tabletop roleplaying) touched/improved your life? Update: 03/04 23:16 GMT by Z : With more time, official announcements have had time to appear. Many sites are featuring posts on Gygax's impact on gaming, including touching entries on Salon and CNet.

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Re:I don't get it by Lord+Apathy · 2008-03-04 06:58 · Score: 1, Flamebait

If we have to explain it, you will never understand it. Best just to walk away now.

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Re:This sucks. by Sentry21 · 2008-03-04 11:56 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Fascinating how you can make assertions about their release of a system that hasn't been released without ever having seen it, despite everyone that's played it being a huge fan of the system and the way it simplifies roleplaying. Face it, you just don't know what you're talking about, you're just bitter. Get over it.