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1 chris // Mar 4, 2008 at 1:54 pm

I hadn’t heard. Holy crap!
2 mgrasso // Mar 4, 2008 at 2:50 pm

It’s going to sound hard to believe, but I was reading the 1st edition DMG as recently as last night. I’m probably going to write a more detailed encomium in my LJ sometime tonight.
3 Sean // Mar 4, 2008 at 5:54 pm

Damn. First heard about it here, as well. Raise a +2 Potion of Greater Efficacy to Gary!
ps.
Do you think they’ll give him a Viking style burial, with a pyre of his rulebooks beneath him? Or will hooded little geeks gently carry his body off to the catacombs? Or, perhaps, a la King Arthur, he’ll be encased in a crystal coffin, ready to rise again and defend nerdom when called upon?
4 RIP Gary Gygax // Mar 4, 2008 at 6:04 pm

Rest in peace, Gary. You’ll be missed.

Let’s all have a mid-week D&D game to celebrate his life.RI
5 Brett // Mar 4, 2008 at 7:04 pm

Gary Gygax caused me to waste more time in high school than any other person, and I never got the chance to thank him …
6 Rollen // Mar 4, 2008 at 10:06 pm

Well, I failed my saving throw to avoid making a terrible joke.

Still, it’s a fun, engrossing, and expensive little hobby to have introduced to the world. We’re likely all a little bit richer for having played in the playground he introduced.

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