The Original DM has thrown his last die…
I know I’m a little late with this and some of you may have heard the news, but an icon of my adolescence that still affects me today passed away on Monday…
Together with Dave Arneson, E. Gary Gygax created Dungeons & Dragons, the game that I have played on and off over the decades, and regularly now, in one of its computer incarnations, Neverwinter Nights.
Dungeons & Dragons was what first started my socialization in high school, with lunchtime games in Mr. Welsh’s biology classroom, and weekend, overnight crawls at the home of one or another of our little cabal of geek gamers. And now, with the advent of the internet and Neverwinter Nights, it’s allowed me to make friends beyond the local, including one who is quite close, even though we live days and miles apart.
Thank you, Gary, for the enrichment your game has given my life, and for helping turn me into the techno-geek I am today. May your legacy live on for centuries.
UPDATE: Wired magazine has a wonderful article on Gary, the development of Dungeons & Dragons, and the impact it’s had on the world and gaming. It has some nice personal insights from Gary as well, for the interviews were done not long before his passing.
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