Gary Gygax, Passing of an Icon.

[rstaats10]

D & D was the first RPG I played when I was a kid. Sorry to hear about his death. RIP.

[capnq]

Some links:
AP news report on CNN
The Order of the Stick tribute

I particularly recommend the OotS tribute.

[Xrati]

I used to game with Gary back in the early 80's. He WILL be missed!

[AstralWanderer]

A sad day indeed. Not only did EGG have a huge initial influence on fantasy RPG but many related hobbies (LRPG, PBM, CRPG) would likely have gone in different ways without his (and Dave Arneson's) work.

There must be few others would can claim to have (positively) influenced so many people.

[gregebowman]

I also was saddened when I heard the news. I didn't really get the chance to play D&D until I went to college. then I met some people in my military days who played. Those were some good times, even if we weren't playing AD&D. I sure miss playing now; I'm tired of playing solo on my computer. I miss the camaderie of a bunch of people sitting down together, even if one of them was the token a$$hole who had to know everything without opening the book. Maybe when my son is older he'll get involved and invite the old man to play. One can only hope.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

gregebowman said:
I also was saddened when I heard the news. I didn't really get the chance to play D&D until I went to college. then I met some people in my military days who played. Those were some good times, even if we weren't playing AD&D. I sure miss playing now; I'm tired of playing solo on my computer. I miss the camaderie of a bunch of people sitting down together, even if one of them was the token a$$hole who had to know everything without opening the book. Maybe when my son is older he'll get involved and invite the old man to play. One can only hope.

There's always online gaming. I'm running a dungeon crawl on a forum.

[Atrocities]

And the sad thing is, he never saw a cent from all of this.