RIP Gary Gygax... you will be missed.

For those who don't know Gary Gygax created Dungeons and Dragons, the table top role playing game that was a huge part of my life in high school and in college. With out this man I doubt things like World of Warcraft, or gaming as we know it would exist today.

The boys at Penny Arcade did this semi-tasteful tribute to him: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/03/04

It made me laugh and cry at the same time.

May he rest in peace. He will be missed.

I'm so glad someone posted this cause I was going to if nobody did.

I only began to know the D&D system about 4 years ago and when I played it, I had a lot of fun.

RIP Mr. Gygax, and thank you for showing us we can use our imaginations and have a blast doing it.

I managed to talk to him twice during my college years , At yes gaming conventions lol (good news is i found out i dont really fit in at those things)

i had lot of fun with D&D over the years.
I still miss those days, that was way more fun then video games. lol we still tell stories about stuff that took place in those pen and paper games, lol

thanks for all the years of fun Gary.

you, know. if i was gary, i would have a tombstone that was shaped like a 20 sided sice with the number 1 on top(1 was the worest number you could roll)

Yeah... it's sad I don't think we'll ever know just how big an impact he had on our culture. Fantasy literature as a whole owes him a great deal.

Order of the Stick did a tribute, too.

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0536.html

cute,
err i still have first ed hardcover books lol
i am such a geek sometimes

You're very lucky imp. Those are very hard to find.