melchar: medieval raccoon girl (dice)
melchar ([personal profile] melchar) wrote2008-03-04 02:05 pm

Gary Gygax - rip

Wow - the 2pm news just announced that Gary Gygax has just rung down the curtain & joined the choir invisible.

Umpty years ago, I was at a convention and played in a game he reffed [fun game, he didn't hold tightly to the rules and was kind of a 'monty haul' ref]. So haul out the dice and roll up a new character in his honor.

[identity profile] victor-cow.livejournal.com 2008-03-04 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Death is always sad but look what a cool legacy he helped develop.

[identity profile] melchar.livejournal.com 2008-03-05 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[smiles] What I want to see is what happens next to him. If strict Catholic theology wins out, then he gets hell as for a number of 'sins'; if animism wins out, then he gets to be a minor deity because of how he promoted new belief systems [and I believe in gaming, all right].

[identity profile] trolan.livejournal.com 2008-03-05 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
Penny Arcade did a bit of a tribute, in their PA way

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/03/04

[identity profile] melchar.livejournal.com 2008-03-05 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
nifty!