Gary Gygax, co-creator of D&D, dies

[Sideshow Spock]

The Associated Press: Dungeons Dragons Co-Creator Dies at 69

I was sorry to read this. I played quite a bit of D&D around 1983-86, and had lots of fun with the friends I grew up with.

[Hulk]

Wow, that's a name I haven't uttered or even heard much in the past 20 years. I'll pony up to being a complete D&D freak for about 4 years. Definitely too young for his life points to have expired.

RIP DM Gygax!

[Mikey]

I don't know him from D&D's --- as i've never played it.....

But he did a guest shot on the Trek episode of Futurama, right ?

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[Sideshow Spock]

Yep, someone on RTM posted a still:





That's him between Uhura and Hawking.

[palitoy]

I could never play D & D, I tried but it never took to me. I will attest that I was somewhat odd man out because of it, during the early eighties it was just everywhere.

[Sideshow Spock]

Odd man out is how I felt initially too. For some reason I didn't play it with my friends at first, and I remember clueless frustration during all the discussions about it. I eventually caught on and joined in..

[toys2cool]

Yep, someone on RTM posted a still:

http://z.about.com/d/animatedtv/1/7/0/3/epanthologyofinterest1.jpg

That's him between Uhura and Hawking.

LOL! looks like George Romero in that pic.
I was never into playing this,but I did collect some of the figures...RIP

[Wee67]

Wow, like Paul, that name was a blast from the past. Played a little, but I got in trouble with the regulars for doing things that weren't "in the rules."

[palitoy]

Wow, like Paul, that name was a blast from the past. Played a little, but I got in trouble with the regulars for doing things that weren't "in the rules."

Exactly what happened to me, got booted out of my only game. I couldn't grasp the parameters so I just went a little wild and didn't take it seriously.

[Sideshow Spock]

Our group didn't take it as seriously as some, no doubt. Some rules we never bothered to follow much, such as encumbrance.

[megoat]

I've always been a closet geek but none of my friends were. I always envied the dorks that rolled out characters during lunch time in junior high. But being that none of my friends played D&D, I never played. However, I did play RPG's on my apple II but never the "pencil and paper" kind.

To this day I own the old D&D hardback guides because the primitive fantasy drawings in them rule.

RIP Gygax.

[Sideshow Spock]

I still have all the manuals and modules packed away too, as well as some boxed TSR miniatures, which I remember buying at the local Waldenbooks back in the day.. :

[ShadowAvenger]

I have played Dungeons and Dragons since the early 1980s. Goodnight, Gary :(

[Mawni]

I had many hours of fun thanks to that guy. Rest in Peace.

[jwyblejr]

Wow. That's unexpected. He just showed up on the first season of Code Monkeys.