 Archive for the 'Gary Gygax' TagMonument to gaming god Gygax planned in WisconsinOctober 14th, 2009, 12:01 am by Jayson Peters
The monument, which Gail Gygax is hoping will be placed in the city’s Library Park, first must go through parks board approval before going to the City Council. D&D co-creator Dave Arneson dies at age 61April 8th, 2009, 10:21 pm by Jayson Peters
The blog Grognardia, which has been in communication with Arneson’s family, reports that the game designer, teacher and entrepreneur died peacefully April 7 surrounded by his family. Arneson was a miniatures wargaming enthusiast in college. He and Gygax met at a gaming convention and wrote up the custom rules they had created to combine their hobby with fantasy roleplaying. When no publisher would bite, Arneson and Gygax created TSR and the rest was history. Gygax, his friend and onetime business partner (though their relationship was later strained), died in March 2008. UPDATED with official D&D tribute Source: SCI FI Wire Raise a glass to the dungeon masterMarch 4th, 2009, 1:07 pm by Jayson Peters
Gygax, along with Dave Arneson, created the original Dungeons & Dragons tabletop roleplaying game in 1974. The game is currently in its fourth edition and has spawned countless imitators and influenced computer and video games to no end. Zero hp: Gary Gygax, 1938-2008Zero hp: Gary Gygax, 1938-2008March 4th, 2008, 10:35 pm by Jayson Peters
If you play any RPG, whether it be D&D at a kitchen table with pencils and paper, online with World or Warcraft or on a console such as the Xbox 360 with Mass Effect, you should know that none of it would have been possible without this man. He started it all with the miniatures wargame Chainmail in 1971, the foundation upon which D&D and all of modern roleplaying would rise three years later. Read the rest of this entry » Geek in Review: 2/15/08 - Lawsuits & LionsFebruary 15th, 2008, 10:38 pm by Jayson PetersFirst, the latest news:
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Dave Arneson, who created the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game with Gary Gygax in 1974, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 61.
