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in_the_annex

The Titan of the 20-Sided Dies

Mar 04, 2008 19:10

Gary Gygax has died today. As the creator of Dungeon & Dragons, he is responsible for what is considered to be Role Playing Games, both table-top and online. World of Warcraft, bow your head ( Read more... )

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anguissette6 March 5 2008, 02:42:42 UTC

Thats terribly sad. :(

I was a total D&D obsessive when I was younger. Started playing because my older brother and his friends would take over the kitchen table every friday and Id be desperate to be included.
When I was 17 my bf and i made a whole board in his basement and engineered our own version based on the traditional D&D rules, it took hrs upon hrs but was something we really loved.

I havent played in aeons but its a part of my "development", part of who i am, so this head is bowed.

in_the_annex March 5 2008, 18:33:19 UTC

my bf and i made a whole board in his basement

Heh. this reminded me of a city map I created that covered half the basement floor...

It also reminds me of playing my first D&D game in a hot attic room at a friends house (1983, I think). We would strip down to our nappies (including the one girl player), and sweat like we were really in Roger's Mount-Seer dungeon.

adrienne_j March 5 2008, 15:19:49 UTC

Wow. That makes me terribly sad. We shall have to have a moment of silence for him before our next game.

in_the_annex March 5 2008, 18:28:30 UTC

Lift a glass of mountain dew in his memory?

adrienne_j March 5 2008, 18:34:49 UTC

Totally. And perhaps attack some darkness with a few fireballs.

in_the_annex March 5 2008, 18:39:27 UTC

Ahem. Wouldn't that be "magic missiles"? Now where does it say that you can cast fireballs on your character sheet, erm?

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koogrr March 5 2008, 15:30:50 UTC

Yeah... just so much.

in_the_annex March 5 2008, 18:34:52 UTC

Too many memories, friend...just too many.

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in_the_annex March 5 2008, 18:37:23 UTC

He was born in 1938, which made him 70. No indication of what he died of, although his wife stated that he was in poor health for some time.

kon_el333 March 10 2008, 13:00:03 UTC

News said he was 69, so perhaps hadn't hit his birthday yet this year? He died of an "abdominal aneurism" which Troy and I had a chuckle over, since it sounds like a spell he would have made up. He was always so big on the alliteration. "I cast Abdominal Aneurism! Make your Saving Throw versus Death!"

RIP E.G.G. kon_el333 March 10 2008, 13:04:57 UTC

Poor Gary. Eventually he had to fail a Saving Throw.

Order of the Stick, which is a fabulous tongue in cheek tribute to D&D, did an excellent tongue in cheek tribute (funny that) to Gygax that was up on the website VERY soon after the announcement of his death. It will make you chuckle AND choke you up a bit.

Check it out:
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0536.html#