Sad News: Gary Gygax has passed away

[Alzara]

I have a 3.0 players handbook signed by that man. What a legend. RIP Gary Gygax!

Al

 

[Cadaveres]

Another tribute to him:

http://xkcd.com/393/

 

[Dora190]

Perhaps he should show up on a great person list in FfH

That is something I would like to see. I never caught the D&D bug, but without it I would never have been introduce to Chivalry & Sorcery system. And if D&D hadn't come into being I sincerely doubt that the likes of call of Cuthulu, MERP to name but a few would ever have existed. Even the likes of Warhammer owes him.

Sad

 

[Mesix]

What a loss for the gaming industry. We can all remember him by continuing to do what we love: the passion for gaming that would not be the same if he had not made it possible.

 

[loocas]

He made Boy Scouts fun.

 

[Breunor]

That is something I would like to see. I never caught the D&D bug, but without it I would never have been introduce to Chivalry & Sorcery system. And if D&D hadn't come into being I sincerely doubt that the likes of call of Cuthulu, MERP to name but a few would ever have existed. Even the likes of Warhammer owes him.

Sad

Chuckle -- C & S was started becuase they thought D & D wasn't realistic enough! But your point is 100% correct -- had there been no D & D, there would not have been C & S!

Best wishes,

Breunor

 

[Kael]

The latest PCGamer has a good article on Gary Gygax in it, as well as an unnamed link to Fall from Heaven (and a picture of my carpet):

 

[Fenboy]

Girl Genius

Pure Gygax.

 

[xienwolf]

I've owned Temple of Elemental Evil for years, and have NEVER figured out the system well enough to get very far in it. Should have played more standard D&D instead of all the various things which came after it.

 

[Pernodboi]

Fenboy - Cool comic - I have become hooked! Thank you for sharing.

Kael - those adventures bring back memories! Just a little scary they are in such good condition though. While I am fast becoming a full fledged devoted minion - the carpet is really yucky.

Thanks for the Mod, all the cool story stuff and the forum!

 

[Caradoc]

I started with D&D before it was D&D -- Chainmail, which is a rulebook for fantasy miniatures. Spent a lot of time drawing out dungeons on hex paper. In the olden days, you could go to GenCon and play in games DMed by the man himself. Probably the only time when players didn't argue about the rules.

 

[Nor'easter]

Nice collection of AD&D paraphernalia, Kael! I recognized the Rogues' Gallery and the Monster Manual, plus several of the modules. The G series was a fun set of adventures.