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Gary Gygax R.I.P.

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For those of who enjoy games, the name Gary Gygax brings fond memories of pulling chits and dungeon crawling until the wee hours of the morning while our parents thought we were worshipping the devil.

Gary Gygax, one of the co-inventors of Dungeons and Dragons and the writing of some of the best modules for both the D&D and AD&D games, died today after a long illness.

R.I.P. Gary, S1 and T1 to T4 were a blast and I thank you for them and all the other great memories I have of using my intellect and fantasy to enjoy playing a game.

*edit* to add a link

http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/03/report-gary-gyg.html
 
Wurm, did you see all the D&D cartoons back in the 80's? The one with Dungeon Master, Uni, Eric, Hank, presto, Sheila, Bobby, ????, Venger, TiaMat, and shadow demon.
You can rent them now. Great show.
 
Nimrod said:
Wurm, did you see all the D&D cartoons back in the 80's? The one with Dungeon Master, Uni, Eric, Hank, presto, Sheila, Bobby, ????, Venger, TiaMat, and shadow demon.
You can rent them now. Great show.
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lol I was trying to forget about those :p they never were my thing, not a huge fan of cartoons period to be honest about it.

I bought the blue box basic D&D set in Kiddy City back in 1977 or 78 with my weekly allowance and have been a fan ever since. Now I mostly play my RPGs on the computer however including Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, Never Winter Knights and Everquest 2 to name a few.
 
Wurm said:
Nimrod said:
Wurm, did you see all the D&D cartoons back in the 80's? The one with Dungeon Master, Uni, Eric, Hank, presto, Sheila, Bobby, ????, Venger, TiaMat, and shadow demon.
You can rent them now. Great show.
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lol I was trying to forget about those :p they never were my thing, not a huge fan of cartoons period to be honest about it.

I bought the blue box basic D&D set in Kiddy City back in 1977 or 78 with my weekly allowance and have been a fan ever since. Now I mostly play my RPGs on the computer however including Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, Never Winter Knights and Everquest 2 to name a few.
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Sad to see this guy go, I enjoyed a few of his works..
 
R.I.P, Gary.

I think I got my first D&D module in '78 or '79 - The Keep on the Borderlands. I played regularly with pen and paper and have been playing the various computer spin-offs ever since. I played Ultima Online, beta's EQ and played for years, beta'd AC and AC2, AO, DAOC, WoW for years, Eve, LOTRO and probably a double handful of others that didn't hold my interest long enough for me to remember their names. Each of those games can trace its lineage in a fairly direct line right back to Gary and Dave's 70's creation. What a mad and massive industry it is that has spawned around their basic ideas.

- Tim
 
I can't tell you how many dungeons my guys trundled through while on patrol in the Pacific, going nowhere slowly. I think I still have my FIRST EDITION DM Guide somewhere.
 
I could never actually figure out how to properly play the game, but I spent countless hours making my own quests, dungeons and reading all the manuals. God I love that stuff.

Stink
 
R.I.P. Gary! I owned the very first box set of D&D. The red box with the dice that came with a black crayon to fill in the numbers so you could see them. He will be missed. I have many fond memories of all the characters I played with and against. It is a sad day.
 
Obanion said:
R.I.P. Gary! I owned the very first box set of D&D. The red box with the dice that came with a black crayon to fill in the numbers so you could see them. He will be missed. I have many fond memories of all the characters I played with and against. It is a sad day.
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lol hate to tell you the first boxes didn't have dice... they had thin cardboard sheets covered with numbers to cut into little squares that you put into a bag or bowl and drew as many out as you needed to make your roll. They were called chits. Dice (thank god, chits sucked) came later.

The box sets were in order.

White (chits)

Blue (chits)

Red (dice)

And Smurfy, I still have my first edition AD&D book collection up to and including the Fiend Folio. I'm not a big fan of the rule sets past 2nd edition. Too controlling.
 
Wurm said:
Obanion said:
R.I.P. Gary! I owned the very first box set of D&D. The red box with the dice that came with a black crayon to fill in the numbers so you could see them. He will be missed. I have many fond memories of all the characters I played with and against. It is a sad day.
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lol hate to tell you the first boxes didn't have dice... they had thin cardboard sheets covered with numbers to cut into little squares that you put into a bag or bowl and drew as many out as you needed to make your roll. They were called chits. Dice (thank god, chits sucked) came later.

The box sets were in order.

White (chits)

Blue (chits)

Red (dice)

And Smurfy, I still have my first edition AD&D book collection up to and including the Fiend Folio. I'm not a big fan of the rule sets past 2nd edition. Too controlling.
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I'd never sell it, not that someone would give me money for it. I recall that it smelled of beer, cigarettes, and incense. The cover was beat to hell, and the pages were all highlighted, footnoted, dog eared, and stained. Most public phone books don't look that bad.
 
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