| USAFpilot | 06 Mar 2015 11:32 a.m. PST |
Just saw a banner at the top of the TMP home page commemorating E. Gary Gygax. I was surprised that there was not a single thread on the Fantasy board mentioning this so I thought I would start one. Gygax is considered the father of Dungeons and Dragons. He may not have been its sole creator but he elevated the game to a whole new level with his Advanced D&D hard back books. I have very fond memories of playing AD&D with my brother, and Dad as DM, during my Middle School years back in the early 1980's. Rest in peace Gary Gygax. |
| MajorB | 06 Mar 2015 11:33 a.m. PST |
Gary Gygax sadly passed away on March 4, 2008.
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| Maddaz111 | 06 Mar 2015 11:36 a.m. PST |
That is why march the forth is GM day. |
| MajorB | 06 Mar 2015 11:55 a.m. PST |
Perhaps Bill could get today's TMP masthead corrected then? |
| Privateer4hire | 06 Mar 2015 12:06 p.m. PST |
Never noticed it but "March Forth…" is semi-appropriate for GM day :) |
| vdal1812 | 06 Mar 2015 12:42 p.m. PST |
Started playing D&D in high school way back in 1984. It was such a change for me, when you're used to playing Monopoly and Risk, D&D was just on a whole other level. Next it was a visit to RAFM Company to pick up some funny shaped dice of my own to play D&D and that's where I saw miniature soldiers for the first time. It has been 41 years now and I haven't stopped playing RPGs or wargaming. Life changing for sure.
Thank you Gary RIP |
nnascati  | 06 Mar 2015 1:02 p.m. PST |
I was privileged to correspond with Gary for quite a few years. We both collected and gamed with Elastolin figures. At one point, I actually had the opportunity to work for his company TSR (?), but didn't want to uproot my then young family. |
| Maddaz111 | 06 Mar 2015 2:02 p.m. PST |
March Forth! is obviously GM day! May the Fourth is Obviously SW day! July Fourth is Independence day! |
 gamertom | 06 Mar 2015 5:11 p.m. PST |
"Started playing D&D in high school way back in 1984….It has been 41 years now…" We're going to have time travel in 10 years! Wow, thanks for traveling back to let us know. And glad no one has forgotten Gary Gygax in the meantime. (Man I wish TMP had a tongue-in-cheek emoticon.) |
 20thmaine | 06 Mar 2015 6:26 p.m. PST |
I think it's fair to say that Gary Gygax changed my life. Whether for the better or the worse is probably for others to judge. Many long, long sessions of D&D / AD&D – all night, few hours of sleep and then all the next day, and into another night. It was fun. |
 Inari7 | 06 Mar 2015 11:45 p.m. PST |
He is sorely missed. He changed the hobby/games forever. |
| gamershs | 06 Mar 2015 11:49 p.m. PST |
Was in service when his D&D came out and had limited storage so got to play it at various duty stations. It filled a void that my miniatures couldn't fill at the time. |
| Rudysnelson | 07 Mar 2015 8:56 a.m. PST |
Prior to DandD, TSR had mainly historically based miniature rules in their catalog. My first mini game was Napoleonic useing their Tricolor rules. |
| SonofThor | 07 Mar 2015 6:44 p.m. PST |
Anybody going to GaryCon? I'll be there |
| badger22 | 15 Mar 2015 5:38 p.m. PST |
I still have my copy of tricolar. Played many many games with that set. Owen |
makes an addition to his Flash Gordon collection.
