Gary Gygax has Passed Away

I started playing Dungeons and Dragons when I was 15 years-old.  Alan and I hid it from my dad by playing at his house and I never kept any D&D books at home.  Sometimes we'd play at lunch in the Mormon Seminary
building across the street from the high school.

Gary Gygax created the game - well co-created it.  By pretending to be heroes and fighting orcs, dragons, and all the other creatures from mythology, boys and girls became friends and exercised their imaginations.  It's a fun game. 

When I was in the Air Force sometimes guys would get together and play for a month or two - a couple sessions a week.  Then I stopped playing for more than a decade after my discharge.  Then one day I went upstairs in my apartment building to talk to one of the caretakers.  What I heard and saw in his apartment was unmistakable - dice rolling, dragon's being slain, guys having fun.  I said, "John, is that D&D?"  And I was in. 

We still play nearly every Sunday night. 

Here's to you, Gary Gygax.  You made a great game and your legacy will continue for many years to come.

- rick, geek.

Comments

[a rose is a rose]

i never played. always wanted to, but never did. i guess i didn't have anyone in my hood who played. i don't want to slay dragons though. i rather like them

[brahnamin]

Raises a glass to join the toast. I still miss playing.