Gary Gygax is dead.

Bustertheclown · Post by **Bustertheclown** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:17 pm

rkolter wrote:
This is one of the few of these kinds of threads that I really feel bad about. This guy helped to define my life - I'm still an avid roleplayer.

He will be missed.

My sentiments, exactly. I wonder how my brother will react to this. He's the one who got me into D&D, and he's the one who keeps drawing me back again and again. Much of our relationship is built upon weekend gaming sessions. If only for that reason, I must say that Mr. Gygax was an influential figure in my life. At least we can be sure that his legacy will endure. That's something, indeed.

834n · Post by **834n** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 7:54 pm

...
Damn

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:13 pm

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0536.html

- Joel Fagin

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:20 pm

Fast.

And awesome.

Dragonkingdoms · Post by **Dragonkingdoms** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:43 pm

Well, I'm more of a Final Fantasy fan (through the original X, anyway), but Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Breath of Fire and all the others wouldn't exist were it not for D&D.

Just realized he was almost exactly half his age of death when Dungeons and Dragons was invented.

Vorticus · Post by **Vorticus** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:53 pm

Jim North wrote:Fast.

And awesome.

This. Plus a "gosh darn you Joel for beating me to posting it!"

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:04 pm

Vorticus wrote:This. Plus a "gosh darn you Joel for beating me to posting it!"

I have to admitt I was surprised I managed to be first.

- Joel Fagin

Grabmygoblin · Post by **Grabmygoblin** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:44 pm

MightyGodKing's blog post on Gary Gygax

Phact0rri · Post by **Phact0rri** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:06 am

Mr.Bob wrote:How does one go about burning a die?

Knowing rkolter I'm guessing thermite reaction.

wooden die maybe?

Prettydragoon · Post by **Prettydragoon** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:12 am

By Grabthar's hammer, I will avenge... uh... sorry, wrong fandom. Geekdom? Thingy. I've never really been much of a gamer, but even I recognise the name of Gary Gygax. He really made a major contribution to Western civilization. RIP, Mr. Gygax.

Jessi_B · Post by **Jessi_B** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:26 am

It's very sad. My thoughts are with his family.

Coincidentally, I'll be going to a gaming con this weekend - I bet there will be a couple of tribute one-shots going.

Drowemos · Post by **Drowemos** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:33 am

Hogan · Post by **Hogan** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:29 pm

And Weregeek chimes in...

The legacy of his creations are what became a great deal of my upbringing and helped make me the one I am today (for good or bad, you decide... I know who I am)... he was a great man with even greater ideas, and he wil be missed

... looks like they'll be needing a new issue of Legends and Lore, cause a new deity needs to be included...

IVstudios · Post by **IVstudios** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:31 am

Rhenny · Post by **Rhenny** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:57 am

That is sad, were it not for his games, and the games that came after it I never would have gamed.. and therefore never started doing character sketches which led to me becoming an artist. truely a popculture icon has passed.

BrownEyedCat · Post by **BrownEyedCat** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:18 am

Order of the Stick did a memorial comic too.

Sketchywallflowr · Post by **Sketchywallflowr** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:27 pm

There are very few celebrities that die and I will care. (Heath Ledger? I didn't miss him.) But Gary created something brilliant and fresh, and that is teh awesome. I flash my boobs in his honor... I think he'd appreciate that.

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Boozeathon4billion · Post by **Boozeathon4billion** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:24 pm

All of the following comics did a comic in honor of E. Gary Gygax.

Dueling Analogs
Dork Tower
Exiern
Full Frontal Nerdity
GU Comics
Order of the Stick
Penny Arcade
Weregeek
XKCD

And no, I didn't find them all on my own... I copied them from the Dueling Analogs blog.

Jesusabdullah · Post by **Jesusabdullah** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:29 pm

Also:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1093
(On the chalkboard.)

Also: I didn't know my DnD history at all, but this is all still pretty

to me, having played a little bit of version 3.x.

Boozeathon4billion · Post by **Boozeathon4billion** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:37 pm

Nice... I can't believe that I read that this morning and didn't see the chalkboard. Durr...

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