Comments on: Gary Gygax dead at 69 http://ogrecave.com/2008/03/04/gary-gygax-dead-at-69/ Unplugged gaming news and views Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:42:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Dai Oni http://ogrecave.com/2008/03/04/gary-gygax-dead-at-69/#comment-3891 Dai Oni Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:48:41 +0000 http://ogrecave.com/2008/03/04/gary-gygax-dead-at-69/#comment-3891 I don't know if this is old news but some MIT students erected a giant d20 as a tribute to Gary Gygax <a href="http://www.news.com/8301-13772_3-9903140-52.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5" rel="nofollow">http://www.news.com/8301-13772_3-9903140-52.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5</a> I don’t know if this is old news but some MIT students erected a giant d20 as a tribute to Gary Gygax

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]]> By: Stuart Robertson http://ogrecave.com/2008/03/04/gary-gygax-dead-at-69/#comment-3788 Stuart Robertson Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:48:27 +0000 http://ogrecave.com/2008/03/04/gary-gygax-dead-at-69/#comment-3788 As a way of honoring Gary Gygax we will have a “Gary Con” across the globe this weekend. Get your old gaming friends together, or invite some new players to join you for a game. We’ll all play either Dungeons & Dragons, or some other game but with a classic D&D type dungeon in it. This is a global event for new and old fans of Gary’s game to get together, roll some dice, and have some fun. If you’re on Facebook, we’ve setup an event page for Gary Con 2008: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=11208127045 As a way of honoring Gary Gygax we will have a “Gary Con” across the globe this weekend.

Get your old gaming friends together, or invite some new players to join you for a game. We’ll all play either Dungeons & Dragons, or some other game but with a classic D&D type dungeon in it.

This is a global event for new and old fans of Gary’s game to get together, roll some dice, and have some fun. If you’re on Facebook, we’ve setup an event page for Gary Con 2008: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=11208127045

]]> By: RIP Gary Gygax http://ogrecave.com/2008/03/04/gary-gygax-dead-at-69/#comment-3785 RIP Gary Gygax Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:20:40 +0000 http://ogrecave.com/2008/03/04/gary-gygax-dead-at-69/#comment-3785 <a href="http://www.roleplaygateway.com/long-gary-gygax-t4523.html" rel="nofollow">Rest in peace, Gary</a>. You'll be missed. Let's all have a mid-week D&D game to celebrate his life. Rest in peace, Gary. You’ll be missed.

Let’s all have a mid-week D&D game to celebrate his life.

]]> By: Del http://ogrecave.com/2008/03/04/gary-gygax-dead-at-69/#comment-3784 Del Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:58:26 +0000 http://ogrecave.com/2008/03/04/gary-gygax-dead-at-69/#comment-3784 This man gave me something long ago, a "role playing game" I picked up in a small novelty store. 25 years since I have identified myself as a gamer. Dungeons and Dragons carried me through my early years. I was small, with a troubled home life, and was constantly fighting a cold. DnD was my outlet and a way to make new friends wherever my constantly moving mother would take us. I became an advid reader, writer, actor, and martial artist, all of which were influenced by my times spent with friends playing the game. After my life bottemed out in '99 I put my life back together and started to design RPGs and boardgames. On a whim I sent Gary a fan email and he replied with kindness and encouragement. I still have the email printed and stored with my DnD stuff. You will be truly missed Gary Gygax. Find quick flight on whatever plane you find yourself on ;) This man gave me something long ago, a “role playing game” I picked up in a small novelty store. 25 years since I have identified myself as a gamer.

Dungeons and Dragons carried me through my early years. I was small, with a troubled home life, and was constantly fighting a cold. DnD was my outlet and a way to make new friends wherever my constantly moving mother would take us. I became an advid reader, writer, actor, and martial artist, all of which were influenced by my times spent with friends playing the game.

After my life bottemed out in ‘99 I put my life back together and started to design RPGs and boardgames. On a whim I sent Gary a fan email and he replied with kindness and encouragement. I still have the email printed and stored with my DnD stuff.

You will be truly missed Gary Gygax. Find quick flight on whatever plane you find yourself on ;)

]]> By: Chris http://ogrecave.com/2008/03/04/gary-gygax-dead-at-69/#comment-3783 Chris Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:29:33 +0000 http://ogrecave.com/2008/03/04/gary-gygax-dead-at-69/#comment-3783 I was sitting in the back room of my Game Store, eating lunch and reading Mr. Gygax's Wikipedia article, when it hit me like a freight train that without his work...I wouldn't be sitting in the back of my game store. I vividly remember 3rd grade, sitting at recess (every recess) playing D&D for the short periods we had. We couldn't get enough. I suppose in a greater sense, I still haven't. Thank you Gary Gygax. You sure did do an awful lot for us. I was sitting in the back room of my Game Store, eating lunch and reading Mr. Gygax’s Wikipedia article, when it hit me like a freight train that without his work…I wouldn’t be sitting in the back of my game store. I vividly remember 3rd grade, sitting at recess (every recess) playing D&D for the short periods we had. We couldn’t get enough. I suppose in a greater sense, I still haven’t.

Thank you Gary Gygax. You sure did do an awful lot for us.

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