I bear bad news for our community of role-players

[SuperFerret]

Today, Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons and Dragons, passed away. Without his contribution, I doubt these forums would be here today. D&D defined role-playing games and made "playing pretend" something that adults can do as well as children. I think we should all at least pay a small tribute to one of the men who made these games possible.


http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/04/obit.gygax.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

 

[Green Lantern]

RIP Gary. Thank you for making something that I've enjoyed for so long. The next orc I kill is dedicated to thou.

 

[Byrd Man]

Nerds!

Oh, wait. You're right about all that stuff, thanks for creating RPGs RIP

 

[Andy C.]

Damn, man. I've been playing D&D for years, and never really gave much of a thought about the guy behind it.

RIP to the Stan Lee of table-top gaming.

 

[Harlekin]

Rest in peace Gary Gygax.

 

[Spike_x1]

I've never even played D&D, but I do know how big his contributions were. RIP.

 

[Blacklight]

I've never even played D&D, but I do know how big his contributions were. RIP.

^Tis true for me too. Thank you Mr.Gygax RIP

 

[Catman_prb]

Rip

 

[Red]

R.I.P Gary Gygax.

 

[SenseiofCheese]

Man, some good people have gone this year. RIP.

 

[Gallagher]

Dueling Analogs has this webcomic as a tribute to him:

http://www.duelinganalogs.com

RIP man, thank you for inventing what I spend a good chunk of my time doing.

(RPing not D&D, pfft. D&D is for total nerds man )

JOKE!! Don't kill me! I have nothing against D&D players!

 

[Johnny Blaze]

Wow, ****ty news. I guess he finally rolled a 1.

Thanks for creating the game that led to all of this, GG. You will be missed.

 

[Andy C.]

Penny Arcade's tribute:

 

[SuperFerret]

Penny Arcade's tribute:

Nice.

 

[MST3K 4ever]

I remember when I was living in Hawaii and playing D & D for the first time in 1981....and playing on Friday Nights in 1994 the year after I graduated college...we started at 10pm and usually ended somewhere between 3 & 6am...those were good times.

RIP

 

[Batman]

Rip

 

[Green Lantern]

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/images/rZ5a6UyMKCDAwzZyA2l.gif

 

[Lord Doom]

RIP, Gary. How'd he die, was it old age or did he have medical complications? I won't be able to rest easy if I don't know whether or not Gary Gygax's passing was a painless one.