Comments on: Farewell to the Father of Roleplaying

By: Stephane Abecassis

Stephane Abecassis — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:06:52 +0000

I feel I must pay my respect to the one person that made my imagination fly as a youngster. I played countless hours of ad&d perusing the rules. I think I owe that man a big part of my understanding of english. In 82 there was no translation in french
Puisse tu reposer en paix Gary Gygax.
may you rest in peace, You’ll be remembered

By: Alex Grose

Alex Grose — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:01:02 +0000

Don’t know whether anybody noticed this from the Now Show this week.

Recoded it and uploaded it here:
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By: Joe Martin

Joe Martin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:23:48 +0000

…shit.

I’ll be sure to name a character after him next time I speedrun Baldurs Gate 2. Gygax is a frankly awesome name anyway.

By: Shamer

Shamer — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:59:57 +0000

For giving us a portal leading to wondrous realms of imagination and showing us how to use it… I too shall respectfully raise a cup of Dwarven Ale with my party comrades, silent by the fireplace, in a tawern, in some distant land…

By: matt

matt — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:21:05 +0000

I’ll join in, that’s some sad news to start a day.

By: sigma83

sigma83 — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:38:47 +0000

Farewell, and rest in peace.

By: neoanderthal

neoanderthal — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:49:36 +0000

this was the same intensity gobsmack for me as when doug adams died. dammit, what a shame…

By: KingMob

KingMob — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:41:37 +0000

There is an empty chair,
at the table this day.
A hallowed place where,
a friend once played.
The roll of his dice,
my ears long to hear.
Or perhaps it would suffice,
if he should suddenly appear.
With character sheet in hand,
and a bag of Cheeze-doodles to share.
All his friends would stand,
as he sat in the empty chair.
I hear his voice a-callin’,
and it ties my heart in a knot.
For he cries, “Though a comrade has fallen,
You must play for those who cannot.”
We conquered worlds on the run,
he and I in the name of fun.
And as others may come and go,
I make both both friend and foe.
But what I long for most,
is our past now long a ghost.

“Empty Chair Eulogy,” Knights of the Dinner Table
http://www.kenzerco.com/index.php?cPath=22_23

By: Wozza

Wozza — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:24:40 +0000

Ohh man I loved D&D, Mr Gygax thanks for the fun&great times, R.I.P

By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:14:09 +0000

I’ve never bought into the idea that computer games owe very much to pen and paper games, any more so than, say, pinball.

A lot of enthusiast amateurs started trying to make simulations of them, which then evolved into a completely separate medium.

I have no doubt that the games mentioned would have emerged without D&D. Games like Bioshock and Deus Ex would probably have more interesting things in the world and fewer things that boiled down to different percentages of effectiveness against different resistances.

Pen and paper games are the Music Hall of the 21st Century.

Um, R.I.P. Gary Gygax.

By: Caiman

Caiman — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:06 +0000

I spent hours poring over the D&D bestiary books as a young ‘un, which were certainly instrumental in getting me hooked on zoology. Reptiles in particular, of course, though I’ve yet to find any fire-, ice- or acid-breathing kinds yet. Another example of gaming having a much wider influence than it’s given credit for. Rest in Peace Sir.

By: Kalain

Kalain — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:42:36 +0000

His creation, his legacy, will never be forgotten, only renewed into something different. Without him we would never have had the fantastic titles we have today.

R.I.P.