Gary Gygax RIP

If you’re one of the millions of people who hunched over a poorly drawn map at three in the morning, you were (hopefully) playing Dungeons and Dragons. Gary Gygax is the reason we’re all hooked on role playing games, whether it be online MMOs or the good old pencil and paper versions. You’ll be missed, Gary.

Gary Gygax, a pioneer of the imagination who transported a fantasy realm of wizards, goblins and elves onto millions of kitchen tables around the world through the game he helped create, Dungeons & Dragons, died Tuesday at his home in Lake Geneva, Wis. He was 69.

Source: NYTimes