Ernest Gary Gygax (July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008)

Thank you Gary. For everything. For the game, the friends, for your children, including Ernest. Without you there would be no D&D game as we know it, no Hobby Shop Dungeon as I've come to know it, no role-playing game hobby as we've come to love it.

You were a good guy, a gamer, a great creative person, and you are sorely missed.

Hail.

 

[Leif]

We all miss Gary greatly. Thanks, Mark, for doing this. It's a fitting tribute to a great man.

 

[RobShanti]

Rest in gold peace, Gary.

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[Leif]

That is an excellent portrait of Gary! Thank you!

 

[LostSoul]

But credit is given when credit is due. It was Gygax's business sense and most important the "drive" that made an concept into a reality. Without D&D and role playing the Video Gaming industry would not have evolved as it is now. That is his legacy.

I think Gary is still an underrated game designer. The fact that the video game industry has largely followed his lead (reminds me of good old Wizardry: The Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord) is, I think, testament to his ability.