Gary Gygax Died Today
Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons and Dragons died today at age 69. The game, created in the 1970s, was quite a staple among the misunderstood, the dreamers, and the creatives, many of whom are also alive and well in the technology industry today. I asked the question tonight on Twitter whether a lot of D&D geeks outed themselves today. Here’s just a sampling of the pages of responses I received from the question.
And for the record, I was a dungeon master back in the day. I used to like to create the worlds, and drive as many as seven of my close friends through adventures that dealt with pride, humanity, and the complexities of personal greed. It’s interesting how some of this applies today to my social media and events interests.
Rock on, Gary. See you in Greyhawk.
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Speaking as a misunderstood ceative dreamer, I will say it is a sad day. :(
(I still have my character sheet from 25 years ago. Paladin, ofcourse :) )
This sure is sad news. I also have my character sheet from around 25 years ago and to this day, I use that character’s name as my online alias in games and all over the web. I only stopped playing D&D in recent years due to moving away from my friends. We could play over the net with some cool table-top simulation software, but the fun (for me) of RPGs is sitting around with a bunch of friends, eating greasy food and having a good laugh.
Thanks for all the laughs and memories Gary.
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I was such an out of place nerd in the 1980s that I owned the game, I totally understood the game, but I couldn’t find a kindred spirit in my little hometown of 200 souls. So there I was, maybe not the world’s first or only one of my kind, but a stunning display nonetheless: a solitaire D&D player.
Later, in college, when I found an active group of D&D folks on the second or third floor of my dorm, the group was so far into the scene that I was actually frightened to introduce myself and so I remained a “closet solitaire D&D” player throughout college!
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