Gary Gygax has passed away

[thebitterguy]

EGG has passed on.

I had no connection to the man; we didn't even get to interact that much when he was GoH at the first GX. But I think I (and a lot of other people reading this) can say that he has probably impacted my life as much as anyone else who I never lived with.

edit: And on GM's day, of all days.

Comments

[ludickid.livejournal.com]

Well, damn. That's too bad. The guy wasn't perfect, but he was by all accounts decent, and whatever you think of his work, he was there at the jump. I'm sad to hear about this.

[absinthe-dot-ca.livejournal.com]

Whoah, that's pretty sucky. Ironic date, too.

[sixteenbynine.livejournal.com]

Wow. Damn.

Speechless.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

That makes me sad in an odd way, and makes me want to run one of his modules...

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Bummer.

[zenten.livejournal.com]

Damn. And yesterday was such a happy gaming day too.

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

Time to pour a 40 on the curb...

[absinthe-dot-ca.livejournal.com]

How about a d30?

[iamheavenrender.livejournal.com]

Everything I ever needed to know I learned from D&D.

Which probably explains a LOT.

[thebitterguy]

Lose a d20 under the couch?

[absinthe-dot-ca.livejournal.com]

Well, there's no such thing as a D40 - I guess I should have said either "2D20" or "D30+D10". Or maybe "10d4"?

[thebitterguy]

He was a godfather to the greatest nerd generation that ever lived.

[thebitterguy]

Appropriate, in a way.

[thebitterguy]

Can I be an elf?

[xxgeek.livejournal.com]

Oh god. Thanks for this.

He did a voice for one of the missions on Dungeons and Dragons Online. It was fantastic, if not an annoying quest. My friends and I definitely geeked.

Thank you for the update.