Chad Burnett
United States
Fort Wayne
Indiana
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Realizing this is RPG and not board game related.... I just heard that Gary Gygax passed away. Can anyone confirm?
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Marc P.
United States
Green Lake--Seattle
Washington
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Re: Gary Gygax
There's nothing from a Google search...where did you hear that?
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Neil Christiansen
United States
Mount Pleasant
Michigan
OOK! OOK! OOK!
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Re: Gary Gygax
I can confirm this VERY sad news.
I have (had?) known Gary for something like 35 years and worked for him at TSR after mowing his lawn for years. Although best known for his work on Dungeons and Dragons, Gary preferred board games and miniatures. He was always a tough competitor and had a rapacious cackle when he pulled off the winning move.
His family let me know a few weeks ago he was ill and I was hoping to get back to visit my friend after the semester was done here.
His contribution to gaming and fantasy would be hard to estimate by any measure.
-Neil
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Chapel
United States
Round Rock
Texas
Only for the love of the game...
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Re: Gary Gygax
I think he successfully madefailed his saving throws against death +5.
EDIT: Unfortunately.
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Anne Freitas
United States
San Antonio
Texas
No one expects the Anne-ish Inquisition!!
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Re: Gary Gygax
Oh dear. This is very sad news. And yes, his contribution to gaming and fantasy was abundant.
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Chapel
United States
Round Rock
Texas
Only for the love of the game...
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Re: Gary Gygax
chris1nd wrote: I can confirm this VERY sad news.
I have (had?) known Gary for something like 35 years and worked for him at TSR after mowing his lawn for years. Although best known for his work on Dungeons and Dragons, Gary preferred board games and miniatures. He was always a tough competitor and had a rapacious cackle when he pulled off the winning move.
His family let me know a few weeks ago he was ill and I was hoping to get back to visit my friend after the semester was done here.
His contribution to gaming and fantasy would be hard to estimate by any measure.
-Neil
Strange that there is just no news on the intarwebs about this. I wouldn't think BGG would be the first on the scene.
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Paul DeStefano
United States
Long Island
New York
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Re: Gary Gygax
I can't find anything... I've made a few calls, but no replies from those that know him yet.
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Neil Christiansen
United States
Mount Pleasant
Michigan
OOK! OOK! OOK!
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Re: Gary Gygax
Gary passed away at 1 am at his house, no funeral arrangements have been made yet.
I spoke with Ernie Gygax not five minutes ago.
There were many tears.
I doubt it is public knowledge yet but I saw the earlier posting and figured I might as well confirm.
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Chad Burnett
United States
Fort Wayne
Indiana
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Re: Gary Gygax
chris1nd wrote: I can confirm this VERY sad news.
I have (had?) known Gary for something like 35 years and worked for him at TSR after mowing his lawn for years. Although best known for his work on Dungeons and Dragons, Gary preferred board games and miniatures. He was always a tough competitor and had a rapacious cackle when he pulled off the winning move.
His family let me know a few weeks ago he was ill and I was hoping to get back to visit my friend after the semester was done here.
His contribution to gaming and fantasy would be hard to estimate by any measure.
-Neil
Thanks for confirming. I had a brief note in email from a friend of mine, not sure where he heard it, and just didn't want to believe it.
My childhood would have been a lot different (not in a good way) without the likes of Gary Gygax. I am very saddened by this news. My prayers are with his family and friends.
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Chapel
United States
Round Rock
Texas
Only for the love of the game...
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Re: Gary Gygax
chris1nd wrote: Gary passed away at 1 am at his house, no funeral arrangements have been made yet.
I spoke with Ernie Gygax not five minutes ago.
There were many tears.
I doubt it is public knowledge yet but I saw the earlier posting and figured I might as well confirm.
Well then that is indeed sad news.
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frederic dumont
France
Lille
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Re: Gary Gygax
What a sad news!
I owe Gygax so many good moments. His death really hurts me, strange, even if I've never seen him, I don't even know what he looked like.
All my though to his friends and familly.
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Got two game tables and a microphone
United States
New York
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Re: Gary Gygax
My condolensces to the Gygax family.
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Tim Thorp
Spain
Granite Falls
Washington
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Re: Gary Gygax
Rest in Peace, Mr Gygax. Thank you for all the years of fun me and my gaming group had playing AD+D.
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Jim Hogan
United States
zimmerman
Minnesota
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Re: Gary Gygax
berserkley wrote: Rest in Peace, Mr Gygax. Thank you for all the years of fun me and my gaming group had playing AD+D.
Ditto. I haven't spent 29 years playing D&D for nothing.
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Chris Snyder
United States
Selinsgrove
Pennsylvania
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Re: Gary Gygax
BGG was able to confirm this news before Gleemax? This site rules!
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Paul - the
Sweden
Lund
I laugh at Blade Runners (I think).
I will always watch over you.
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Re: Gary Gygax
My condolences as well.
I started playing the old Dungeons and Dragons RPG back in the early 80-ties and was totally blown away.
Thanks for all the happy moments.
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chris reichl
Appleton
Wisconsin
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Re: Gary Gygax
Oh man. First Jeff Healey yesterday, now Gary Gygax, wow what a week this is turning out to be.
I do have memories of playing AD&D in High School, and I still own Dungeon! that he designed too.
To paraphrase Douglas Adams,
"So Long and Thanks for the 20 sided Dice."
RIP Gary.
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W M Shubert
United States
Portland
Oregon
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Re: Gary Gygax
I probably read each of of my advanced D&D books at least 10 or 20 times. My friends and I used to quiz each other on minutae from the Monster Manual when we were bored. Sorry to hear that Gygax has passed away, he made something really great that gave me a lot of fun when I was young!
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Furiously spurious
United States
Lincoln
Nebraska
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Re: Gary Gygax
How sad. A great man who almost single-handedly invented an entire genre of gaming. He will be missed
Also, his appearance on Futurama as one of Al Gore's Vice-Presidential Action Time Rangers was priceless.
"It's a..." (rolls die) "pleasure to meet you."
"Anyone want to play Dungeons and Dragons for the next quadrillion years?"
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If Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Then Actions x2 Speak Louder Than Actions
United States
Hutto
Texas
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Re: Gary Gygax
May his tombstone make sense.
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Chris Talbot
Canada
Ajax
Ontario
Be seeing you... -Alphonse
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Re: Gary Gygax
As a kid, Gary Gygax was my hero. He created what was my favourite game ever, so even without knowing who he was or what he looked like, I had this kind of hero worship thing going on.
I got into D&D around 1986 and played fairly consistently up until a couple of years ago. Even though I no longer play D&D, participating in other RPGs instead, Gary's impact on gaming in general continues to be felt.
Chris
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Paul - the
Sweden
Lund
I laugh at Blade Runners (I think).
I will always watch over you.
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Re: Gary Gygax
Wikipedia updated some minutes ago too. Surreal...
I have to switch that D20 back into my visible microbadges.
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Don Barree
United States
New Jersey
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Re: Gary Gygax
R.I.P. Gary
My years in college would have been very different, if not for you.
For those who may not know, in addition to D&D, Gary also is credited with being the first to use 4, 8, 12 and 20 sided dice in gaming, if I'm not mistaken. He also co-founded TSR, started The Dragon magazine and started Gen Con.
Condolences to his friends and family.
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eryn roston
United Kingdom
London
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Re: Gary Gygax
Very sad. He'll be rolling natural 20s in the afterlife.
-E
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Accipe gaudium ex vestri victorias. Accipe lectiones ex vestri damnis.
United States
38.978164N 76.486881W
Maryland
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Re: Gary Gygax
So where do I send my d20?
Sag.
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