Alternate article title: Gary Gygax Fails Saving Throw Against Croaking
If you’re a nerd like me, the name Gary Gygax means something – the reason you didn’t get laid in high school. There’s almost nothing less cool than tabletop gaming, and Gary Gygax is the guy who brought that concept to hundreds of thousands of dweebs across America. Gygax was one of the main guys who created the Dungeons & Dragons game system, one of the most ubiquitous role playing games of all time. D&D went on to be a multi-media… well, I don’t want to say empire, but how about vigorous city-state? The game itself is in its fourth edition, which has been recently getting reviewed by Aint It Cool News in an epic and mystifying series. Maybe that’s what killed Gary.
Actually, according to a posting at the Troll Lord forums, Gygax died in his home this morning. Troll Lord is apparently the company where Gygax went on to develop new games, and the announcement comes from one of the officials there.
Best of luck to Gary in the higher planes, or if he’s rerolling his character may he get a whole bunch of natural 18s. Today the world got a little bit less nerdy. I wonder if Marlon Wayans will be at his funeral.
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Now we'll never get an updated Spelljammer campaign setting. I'm Hal Hartley, and yeah, I play D&D. You wanna' make something of it?
First Favre retires and now Gygax dies? Nature reasserting the balance.
The nerds (and closet nerds) of the world salute you, Mr. Gygax.
Rest In Peace
I always wondered what the hell kind of name is Gygax? Was that his real name or was he just such an uber-nerd he legally changed it to sound more troll-like?
Old puss.
Dude should of used a cloak of healing to add +20 to a saving throw.
Pwned.
Vin Diesel should plan a tribute. Maybe stage a burning of the D&D movie and reshoot a fan version starring Vin as Marlon Wayans.
A Cloak of Healing (sic) wouldn't have modified any saving throw… but it might have helped.
i don't think he's dead.. he just got tired from travelling to earth from DnD world…we all salute you mr. gygax from another part of the world…
In the name of all Turkish DnD players, I hail the last march of Mr.Gygax, from thei primal plane to the higher dimensions. Thanx to the troll lord for the fantastic ride since 21 years… from unearthed arcana to the 4th Ed.
Dude, can I have all his stuff?
Man after everything that has come from the simple booklets they made for a tabletop franchise and the billions of hours nerds the world over spent laughing, crying, and imagining their sweaty friend Chad was actually a 7 foot amazon princess.. you'd think he'd get more then kudo's and honerable mention on the web. We should assemble the worlds largest gathering of Gamers and LARP players and storm his funeral, steal the body and send him off across the ocean on a funeral pyre Nasa can see. 🙂 Or just boycott cheetoh's and mountain dew until someone resurrects his body.
Been made the object of ridicule for 30+ years for playing D&D, but feel the game has allowed for a safe outlet for the best and worst of MY character. Kudos, Mr. Gygax, may everyone remember you in tribute the next time they game.
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