I saw today that the surviving creative half behind Dungeons & Dragons, Dave Arneson, passed away yesterday.
It is odd timing how the other partner, Gary Gygax, passed away last year.
Maybe they were like some of the old married couples...you know after one spouse dies, the other seems to move along shortly after?
Whatever the force behind it, here's a couple of ten-siders for good luck. Thanks for countless hours in the junior high days spent in basements, dining rooms, attics and garages playing D&D.
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Friday, April 10, 2009
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Moving Force behind D&D, Gary Gygax, dead today at age 69
I saw news online today that Gary Gygax, one of the two fellas that created Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) died today.
Even though today's hyperactive, need-the-coolest-new-gadget-right-now kids don't get it and think that D&D was just a geek or nerd thing (well, OK, I was one so maybe it was)...This really was a foundation for tons of the games people play today either on PC or a gaming system.
The creativity that one could use and show through playing D&D was great. You got together with friends and played. You had to interact, work as a team, and try to have some fun at the same time. I often played a thief or a cleric, which allowed for different roleplaying. Many an hour was spent at a friend's house (thanks D.S., E.P. and J.N) and in our garage...creating, rolling, reading, talking and learning. It seems crazy to think that you could burn so much time with a few books, stacks of paper and some strange multi-sided dice.
I just came across my box of "D&D stuff" when sifting through stuff this past summer in preparation to move. I haven't played D&D in two decades, yet that box instantly filled me with memories of great times back in the day.
Thank you Gary.
P.S. I loved that D&D cartoon back in the mid '80s...too bad it wasn't on that long!
Even though today's hyperactive, need-the-coolest-new-gadget-right-now kids don't get it and think that D&D was just a geek or nerd thing (well, OK, I was one so maybe it was)...This really was a foundation for tons of the games people play today either on PC or a gaming system.
The creativity that one could use and show through playing D&D was great. You got together with friends and played. You had to interact, work as a team, and try to have some fun at the same time. I often played a thief or a cleric, which allowed for different roleplaying. Many an hour was spent at a friend's house (thanks D.S., E.P. and J.N) and in our garage...creating, rolling, reading, talking and learning. It seems crazy to think that you could burn so much time with a few books, stacks of paper and some strange multi-sided dice.
I just came across my box of "D&D stuff" when sifting through stuff this past summer in preparation to move. I haven't played D&D in two decades, yet that box instantly filled me with memories of great times back in the day.
Thank you Gary.
P.S. I loved that D&D cartoon back in the mid '80s...too bad it wasn't on that long!
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