The Dungeon-Master has died

system · March 4, 2008, 7:28pm

Gary Gygax, dead at 69.

blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/03 … y-gyg.html

I gamed a lot in the 80’s in Rupert and though we never sat around a table throwing dice together, I met my husband via a guy who I got to do some character art for me, not to mention a lot of friends. Good times, good times…

R.I.P. Gary

system · March 4, 2008, 8:44pm

Is anyone here a cleric high enough level to cast “raise dead”?

system · March 5, 2008, 1:20am

… he didn’t make his saving throw?

system · March 5, 2008, 3:12am

Man that sucks. That man defined my childhood.

wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome

system · March 6, 2008, 6:39am

Ok, last one, I promise.

He will be critically missed.

system · March 6, 2008, 6:52am

The sad part is, that most people don’t realize just how influential Gary was to modern culture.

system · March 7, 2008, 5:35am

Awesome:

First is from xkcd, second is penny arcade.

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system · March 10, 2008, 3:55am

More Gygax linkage:

New York Times: “Geek Love”

system · March 10, 2008, 4:02am

I love that flowchart. Awesome stuff.

system · March 10, 2008, 5:26am

Thanks to MiG for that article…I’ve been struggling to try and sum up what Gary’s world meant to a lot of people when I talk to my younger online friends and “Geek Love” did the job perfectly.

The comix rocked as well. sniffs