i never played D&D.. but it looked like a neat idea for its time.
RIP dungeon master
RIP Gary Gygax
i never played D&D.. but it looked like a neat idea for its time.
RIP dungeon master
now i'm here, and history is vindicated.
Re: RIP Gary Gygax
Oh, didn't realize he'd died, no news or anything. Woah.
I've never played D&D, but I have mingled with it's counterparts. RIP.
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Re: RIP Gary Gygax
The story is here.
Another little piece of my childhood - and my job history - dies. :(
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Re: RIP Gary Gygax
Martok started a thread in the Arena here yesterday.
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=100096
You worked for Gygax/TSR? I remember you said you worked on the 40K Rogue Trader rules, you have had your hands in everything!
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Re: RIP Gary Gygax
Oh boy, did I play D&D ... at the peak of the first wave in the early 80s I was paid $5 per player per 6-8-hour session to DM games (4 to 6 players on average). For a high school kid that was good money when we were playing often.
D&D laid the groundwork for so many RPG games that are so popular nowadays.
Peace and thanks, Gary Gygax. Those were great times.
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Re: RIP Gary Gygax
You got paid to DM Masamune?! How did you manage that?
RIP Gary. I posted my thoughts on Gary's passing more extensively in the Arena thread.
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Years ago there was a TSR UK subsidiary, and I was there as a humble worker bee.You worked for Gygax/TSR? I remember you said you worked on the 40K Rogue Trader rules, you have had your hands in everything!
I have D&D to thank for never having had what most mothers would describe as a "proper job".
I owe Gary thanks for that.
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Re: RIP Gary Gygax
He missed his constitution saving throw, then.
I didn't think that it would "affect" me so much. Actually I started gaming a lot with roleplaying games, and they are still the best games for me on many regards... so many hours with all those versions of D&D, then AD&D, then D&D again... Still playing a few times a year...
RIP
Re: RIP Gary Gygax
My thoughts exactly.
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Well, I read about it in the paper a while ago,
though I'm not a Dungeons and Dragons player, I'm saddened cuz one of the inventors of RPGs is gone... requesciat in pacem.
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Re: RIP Gary Gygax
May he rest in peace. I owe him a good many hours of entertainment with several buddies playing D&D and AD&D.
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