Gary Gygax Gone | The Coffeehouse

Tensor
Im in yr house upgrading yr family

Without this man and his works my childhood would have been a greyer place.

blowdart
Peek-a-boo

He picked up the wrong dice and failed his saving throw. Ah the "irony".

Massif
aim stupidly high, expect to fail often.

Am I the only geek in the whole world who didn't play D & D?

Granted I played Warhammer 40k (Epic version, more fun than the regular one). But still, that's not D&D.

I've also never played Magic:The Gathering.

Remind me what I'm doing here again...?

(Also, 'tis sad, but folks die all the time, so I'm not going to be as sad as I was when Douglas Adams died for instance.)

Dr Herbie
Horses for courses

Although I tended towards other systems ...

Gary Gygax Memorial Cat

Herbie

Minh
WOOH! WOOH!

D & D bores me to tears, but I like "Futurama", so here's a clip of Gary Gygax in "Futurama" en espanol!

Maddus Mattus
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda

Minh wrote:
D & D bores me to tears, but I like "Futurama", so here's a clip of Gary Gygax in "Futurama" en espanol!

Mon espanol, mui terrible!

Massif
aim stupidly high, expect to fail often.

Maddus Mattus wrote:

Minh wrote: D & D bores me to tears, but I like "Futurama", so here's a clip of Gary Gygax in "Futurama" en espanol!

Mon espanol, mui terrible!

Aye Aye Aye!

Tensor
Im in yr house upgrading yr family

Massif - I played magic, 40k (still do), wfb and various rpgs including but not limited to d&d, wfrp, the white wolf games (supernatural creature: the actioning), cyberpunk, cthulu.. I also larped. Its a miracle I never got hooked on WoW or the like. But arguably, none of those would have existed without Gygax.

Yggdrasil
Pour me a cab, 'cause I can't drink no more.

Tensor wrote:
Massif - I played magic, 40k (still do), wfb and various rpgs including but not limited to d&d, wfrp, the white wolf games (supernatural creature: the actioning), cyberpunk, cthulu.. I also larped. Its a miracle I never got hooked on WoW or the like. But arguably, none of those would have existed without Gygax.

Amen, brother. Been roleplaying for nearly 20 years now. Started with the original D&D red box and haven't looked back since.

Not surprisingly, Order of the Stick and Penny Arcade have already commemorated him.

EDIT: Oh, and regarding the Noun: The Verbing games, here's one from dear old Brunching Shuttlecocks:

Brunching Shuttlecocks wrote:

What is Vampire: The Masquerade?
Vampire: The Masquerade is a storytelling game of personal horror.
What's a "storytelling game?"
A roleplaying game with a colon in the title.

Massif
aim stupidly high, expect to fail often.

Tensor wrote:
Massif - I played magic, 40k (still do), wfb and various rpgs including but not limited to d&d, wfrp, the white wolf games (supernatural creature: the actioning), cyberpunk, cthulu.. I also larped. Its a miracle I never got hooked on WoW or the like. But arguably, none of those would have existed without Gygax.

I don't argue his influence, I just thought it was odd how many people played D&D. Whereas I never met anyone who admitted to it all the way through my education.

In fact, I've still never met anyone - in person - who admitted to playing it.

Tensor
Im in yr house upgrading yr family

No-one ever wears a badge or talks about it in front of other people. But I bet some people you work wit used to play. I can usually tell these days. kind or player-dar.

Minh
WOOH! WOOH!

Nerds!!!!!!

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

Minh wrote:
Nerds!!!!!!

Marked as spam. Tongue Out

Dr Herbie
Horses for courses

Massif wrote:

Tensor wrote: Massif - I played magic, 40k (still do), wfb and various rpgs including but not limited to d&d, wfrp, the white wolf games (supernatural creature: the actioning), cyberpunk, cthulu.. I also larped. Its a miracle I never got hooked on WoW or the like. But arguably, none of those would have existed without Gygax.

I don't argue his influence, I just thought it was odd how many people played D&D. Whereas I never met anyone who admitted to it all the way through my education.

In fact, I've still never met anyone - in person - who admitted to playing it.

We have a real, live D&Der at our company -- and we've just hired one of his gaming mates as well. That's two! Possibly a record.

I played Warhammer and Cthulhu instead. These days I don't have time.

Herbie

Minh
WOOH! WOOH!

Bas wrote:

Minh wrote:Nerds!!!!!!

Marked as spam.

Hey, I gave an opinion! What more do you want? Tongue Out

Harlequin
http://twitter.com/TrueHarlequin

Playing D&D this Friday. Will have to slaughter a town full of Kobolds in Gary's honour Cool

Don't think D&D is a geek thing. It's actually a nice way to get away from yourself, like acting. Lots of celebs play it, from Robin Williams, Stephen Colbert to Vin Dielsel(he played with Dame Judi Densch during Riddick) [6]

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

Poor Gary.

modi123

I faded out of D&D after the 3.0 rules.. I enjoyed 2nd Ed greatly, and came across kenser co's Hackmaster... now that is truely a game of champions! It captures the great feeling of 'back in the day' with just the right amount of tables and rules...

http://www.kenzerco.com/

Dr Herbie
Horses for courses

A bump for the latest XKCD cartoon because it made me LOL:

Ultimate Game

Herbie

brian.shapiro
things go on as always

I played as a kid, and I think it was a really good background, because it got me into researching history and folklore, writing stories, drawing out campaigns on paper, and a lot of other things which helped shape my other interests.

As somebody older, I'm not going to spend my time trying to find geeks to play with, especially since most people don't really play well. Most DMs were either about hack-and-slash and did not create good campaigns, or completely about a gimmicky plot without interest in creating a real environment. Most players were just interested in leveling up or getting stuff. It's not really much different in MMORPGs these days. I have other ways to pool my creative interests.

mstefan
Windows SDK coders do it without a .NET

As a former D&D nerd (wish I still had my blue box), I think it was a wonderful opportunity to engage your imagination. I had a group of friends that would get together on weekends with our Coke and chips and spend hours and hours getting lost in the world Gygax helped us create. The other table-top RPG that I was heavy into was Traveller, which was Sci-Fi based and also a lot of fun.

I'm sure my mother didn't know what she was getting into when she gave the game to me for Christmas all those years ago, but I have a lot of fond childhood memories associated with it. Unfortunately, I stopped playing when I started college, just didn't have the time.

Of course, more people are playing online games like WoW and whatnot, but they all owe a debt of gratitude to Gary.