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this is never a way to start your day. I turned on my computer early this morning, and just saw the headline "Gary Gygax has passed"
I couldn't even check the thread, because everyone on ENWorld was posting here. I had to confirm it on Wikipedia. Really, REALLY sucked.
My gaming group talked about it today. Kind of weird - we realized we wouldn't be around the table, joking around and having fun, were it not for him.
A lot of my great memories and loves come from D&D. My interest in Mesopotamia (which lead to my interest in archaeology, which led to my love of Anthropology, which is my main love) is because of D&D, and the old mythology books. My favourite band (Kyuss) is named after a god he created. And so many of my favourite books were those I got into to better understand D&D (I'm one of those people who got into sci-fi and fantasy from playing D&D, not the other way around).
It's really hard for me to imagine a world without D&D - I would be a completely different person. Probably a shyer, nerdier kid who felt out of touch. I owe Gary a lot.
Anyways, yeah. This really, REALLY sucks. I hope he's in Elysium, or some other place. My condolences to the family.
I couldn't even check the thread, because everyone on ENWorld was posting here. I had to confirm it on Wikipedia. Really, REALLY sucked.
My gaming group talked about it today. Kind of weird - we realized we wouldn't be around the table, joking around and having fun, were it not for him.
A lot of my great memories and loves come from D&D. My interest in Mesopotamia (which lead to my interest in archaeology, which led to my love of Anthropology, which is my main love) is because of D&D, and the old mythology books. My favourite band (Kyuss) is named after a god he created. And so many of my favourite books were those I got into to better understand D&D (I'm one of those people who got into sci-fi and fantasy from playing D&D, not the other way around).
It's really hard for me to imagine a world without D&D - I would be a completely different person. Probably a shyer, nerdier kid who felt out of touch. I owe Gary a lot.
Anyways, yeah. This really, REALLY sucks. I hope he's in Elysium, or some other place. My condolences to the family.