D&D creator Gary Gygax gone...

Gary Gygax 69, creator of the fantasy/dice game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the rpg phenomena, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva.
sad day for geeks (likemoi)
here's news article.
news.yahoo.com...

noob question here: how do you insert news article in thread? thanks.

[edit on 4-3-2008 by beastamerica]

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Just put the text you want to quote from the article into news tags and voilla!

[ news] "quoted text" [/ news] (minus the spaces.)


R.I.P. Grandfather of Geekdom.

:cry:


[edit on 4-3-2008 by Rren]

ty rren. i also saw ur post
yup grieving here too.

RIP Geek God of Gaming
I admit it. I played AD&D back in the early 80s.

R.I.P. Gary.................................

Damn now who is going to piss off Steve Jackson??????

Darn. That REALLY sucks.




[edit on 4-3-2008 by WraothAscendant]

Originally posted by TheComte
RIP Geek God of Gaming
I admit it. I played AD&D back in the early 80s.

I still play it :p And I have since the early 90s. This is a blow to all hardcore fantasy gamers everywhere

RIP Gary, your creation will hopefully live on in many young lives for many years to come.

I played for years, and only stopped because I moved away from my gaming buddies.

From a website I found.

Gary Gygax wasn't the father of Dungeons and Dragons. He was the weird uncle that lived in the basement, painted lead miniatures, and could expound on the twelve different types of polearm weapons. So it's understandable that gamers might have trouble talking about it openly. Instead, here are some ways to refer to Gygax's untimely passing…you know, without really saying it:

When referring to Gygax's death, you can say he:

1) Started a new character sheet.
2) Is looking for a ninth-level cleric.
3) Failed his save vs. death magic.
4) Is food for purple worms.
5) Immediately became an NPC.
6) Finished the Doritos.
7) Has gone pips up.
8) Is pushing up shriekers.
9) Cashed in his gold pieces.
10) Took the first step to lichdom.
11) Went ethereal.
12) Kicked on the end of a spear.
13) Didn't make his system shock roll.
14) Bought the farm in Hommlet.
15) Is taking a dice nap.
16) Has gone to meet Zagyg.
17) Rolled his last natural 20.
18) Went against the giants.
19) Joined the gaming table invisible.
20) Is sleeping with the sahuagin.
21) Drew the Void.
22) Ended the campaign.
23) Kicked the dice bag.
24) Retired Mordenkainen.
25) Got screwed by the DM.

Source: 25 Gaming Euphemisms for the Death of Gary Gygax

For Gary I've would of given him a roll verses death +20 in his favor.

We'll never forget all the good times you gave us Gary.
I bet he's in heaven playing D&D with all the greats.

I'll be sure to sacrifice my 20th lvl Weapons Master in memory of you.