5 March 2008
20 sided die of sadness
Posted by Toner under: Gaming; Nerd Culture .
A sad day for nerds everywhere (and I mean that with the utmost respect), Gary Gygax, co-creator of the Dungeon and Dragons role playing game died yesterday. I actually only played the game a few times (the kids I grew up with were more into things like going out side and exercise and sunlight and that sort of stuff, but I was always a closet nerd), but, as someone who was into fantasy and sci-fi, I would pour over the books and modules and use them for research for short stories and such.
Love it or hate it, nearly every RPG out today (Warcraft, Baldur’s Gate, whatever) was in someway inspired by D & D.
Here’s the cover’s of the books and box sets when I bought them so many years ago…
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