Comments on: Gary Gygax Died Today

By: Shannon Ehlers

Shannon Ehlers — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:43:04 +0000

I was such an out of place nerd in the 1980s that I owned the game, I totally understood the game, but I couldn’t find a kindred spirit in my little hometown of 200 souls. So there I was, maybe not the world’s first or only one of my kind, but a stunning display nonetheless: a solitaire D&D player.

Later, in college, when I found an active group of D&D folks on the second or third floor of my dorm, the group was so far into the scene that I was actually frightened to introduce myself and so I remained a “closet solitaire D&D” player throughout college!

By: Dan York

Dan York — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:28:25 +0000

Chris,

I was likewise a DM and D&D player. Somewhere I’m sure I still have those dice… ;-)

Dan

By: R.I.P Gary Gygax, co-creator of D&D » VTOR - Virtual TO Reality

R.I.P Gary Gygax, co-creator of D&D » VTOR - Virtual TO Reality — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:36:28 +0000

[...] tip to Chris Brogan for being the first I saw to blog and twitter Gary Gygax’ death. March 5th, 2008 • TD [...]

By: Eryk

Eryk — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:45:44 +0000

This sure is sad news. I also have my character sheet from around 25 years ago and to this day, I use that character’s name as my online alias in games and all over the web. I only stopped playing D&D in recent years due to moving away from my friends. We could play over the net with some cool table-top simulation software, but the fun (for me) of RPGs is sitting around with a bunch of friends, eating greasy food and having a good laugh.
Thanks for all the laughs and memories Gary.

By: Jon (was) in Michigan

Jon (was) in Michigan — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:07:18 +0000

Speaking as a misunderstood ceative dreamer, I will say it is a sad day. :(

(I still have my character sheet from 25 years ago. Paladin, ofcourse :) )

By: John Wall

John Wall — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:50:00 +0000

I will set down my 20-sided die in a moment of silence.

By: Scott Monty

Scott Monty — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:00:08 +0000

I hear that someone said his name backward and that sent him back to the 5th dimension…

By: Daz Cox

Daz Cox — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:18:38 +0000

oh wow, he was a hero of mine :(

By: Andrea Vascellari

Andrea Vascellari — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:26:11 +0000

I admit, I was a mage…
R.I.P. Gary

Andrea

By: Linda R. Moore

Linda R. Moore — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:21:09 +0000

LOL! Just a few of us, then.