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Tim Duncan is gonna have an off game.
i never understood the fascination with this stupid game, but i envision a meltdown somewhere down the line. NERDS UNITE!!!!!!!!!
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (AP) -- Gary Gygax, who co-created the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva. He was 69.
He had been suffering from health problems for several years, including an abdominal aneurysm, said his wife, Gail Gygax.
Gygax and Dave Arneson developed Dungeons & Dragons in 1974 using medieval characters and mythical creatures. The game known for its oddly shaped dice became a hit, particularly among teenage boys, and eventually was turned into video games, books and movies.
Gygax always enjoyed hearing from the game's legion of devoted fans, many of whom would stop by the family's home in Lake Geneva, about 55 miles southwest of Milwaukee, his wife said. Despite his declining health, he hosted weekly games of Dungeons & Dragons as recently as January, she said.
"It really meant a lot to him to hear from people from over the years about how he helped them become a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman, what he gave them," Gygax said. "He really enjoyed that."
Dungeons & Dragons players create fictional characters and carry out their adventures with the help of complicated rules. The quintessential geek pastime, it spawned a wealth of copycat games and later inspired a whole genre of computer games that's still growing in popularity.
Funeral arrangements are pending. Besides his wife, Gygax is survived by six children.
Tim Duncan is gonna have an off game.
It's a sad day for me.
I shall roll some 12 sided dice in memory.
I'll let him borrow my ring of regeneration ! I thought he was an Elf so isn't he supposed to live to 300 ?
I'm with Evan. I'm roll one (dice) in his honor.
That's the first thing I thought of too.
I feel like I should paint the 3 or 4 D20s I have black in mourning.
That's too bad...
If you guys want to kill time read about the downfall of TSR and it's buyout from Wizard's of the West Coast.
For nerds who need 15 minutes to kill.
A true cluster F-ck.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizards_of_the_Coast
I used to love TSR books growing up and have always been curious about how the company crumbled so fast.
Who?
Ditto.
Unrelated to the recent death of Mr. Gygax but Tim Duncan had one of his better games.
Is there a Mac version of D&D?
Say what?
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