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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 4, 2023 20:19:48 GMT -5
Gary Gygax passed away 15 years ago today. Hard to believe it has been that long.
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Mar 5, 2023 4:40:34 GMT -5
Gary Gygax passed away 15 years ago today. Hard to believe it has been that long. 15 years already? Wow! I really would have liked Lejendary Adventures to have gotten that 2nd edition that Troll Lord Games was going to do at one point. Still waiting to see anything of substance from the Gygax Games crew and their efforts.... |
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Post by simrion on Mar 5, 2023 7:16:46 GMT -5
It is rather heart breaking that Arneson and Gygax aren't more recognized for the wonderful time wasters...err I mean hobby offerings they created for us. Miss them both. Never had much opportunity to interact with Dave but I did have some email communications with Gary BiTD and he was very approachable later in life. Wish I'd had the opportunity to attend cons they were at and meet them in person.  |
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Post by mao on Mar 5, 2023 11:35:11 GMT -5
It is rather heart breaking that Arneson and Gygax aren't more recognized for the wonderful time wasters...err I mean hobby offerings they created for us. Miss them both. Never had much opportunity to interact with Dave but I did have some email communications with Gary BiTD and he was very approachable later in life. Wish I'd had the opportunity to attend cons they were at and meet them in person. I am usually the odd man out and this is no exception. I think one of the many RPGs would have arisen without them, just might have taken a little or alot longer. I also feel that Arnson is way more influential. Still the death of any man is a time for mourning..... |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 5, 2023 15:00:44 GMT -5
It is rather heart breaking that Arneson and Gygax aren't more recognized for the wonderful time wasters...err I mean hobby offerings they created for us. Miss them both. Never had much opportunity to interact with Dave but I did have some email communications with Gary BiTD and he was very approachable later in life. Wish I'd had the opportunity to attend cons they were at and meet them in person. I think it is unconscionable if WotC does not through a big celebration for the 50th Anniversary of OD&D and honor both Arneson & Gygax and all those that were part of Blackmoor, Greyhawk and the playtests pre-publication. So far every indication is that they will drop the ball. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 5, 2023 15:09:05 GMT -5
It is rather heart breaking that Arneson and Gygax aren't more recognized for the wonderful time wasters...err I mean hobby offerings they created for us. Miss them both. Never had much opportunity to interact with Dave but I did have some email communications with Gary BiTD and he was very approachable later in life. Wish I'd had the opportunity to attend cons they were at and meet them in person. I am usually the odd man out and this is no exception. I think one of the many RPGs would have arisen without them, just might have taken a little or alot longer. I also feel that Arnson is way more influential. Still the death of any man is a time for mourning..... I don't think we would have gotten what we got without Gygax, he was the one that brute force got it published. Arneson was the raw idea guy and his fingerprints are huge. In one of the books written about D&D it quotes Gygax as confessing that his strength was taking other guys ideas and developing them.
If you take those two out of the equation, we would not be here, because by the time something came out, I would have been out of college and likely would never have gotten into the hobby at all.
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Post by mao on Mar 5, 2023 15:13:20 GMT -5
I am usually the odd man out and this is no exception. I think one of the many RPGs would have arisen without them, just might have taken a little or alot longer. I also feel that Arnson is way more influential. Still the death of any man is a time for mourning..... I don't think we would have gotten what we got without Gygax, he was the one that brute force got it published. Arneson was the raw idea guy and his fingerprints are huge. In one of the books written about D&D it quotes Gygax as confessing that his strength was taking other guys ideas and developing them.
If you take those two out of the equation, we would not be here, because by the time something came out, I would have been out of college and likely would never have gotten into the hobby at all.
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