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Farewell Gary

Posted on 2008/03/05 13:51:28 (March 2008).

[Tuesday 4th March 2008]

It is with great sadness that I have read that Gary Gygax, inventor of Dungeons and Dragons, died today.

I have no words, I owe this man a lot in a way, I would have never met John, Rob, Tim, Jon Ellis and Chris if it wasn't for Role Playing Games.

I would have never met Matteo, Francesco, Stefano, Simone, Federico plus another scores of great friends if Role Playing Games were not there.

I would not be what I am now if RPGs were never invented.

So, thanks Gary, I owe a lot to you and your games, a lot of great hours of fun and even now a lot of great hours not thinking of all the problems that we live everyday.

Farewell Gary, D20 rolls will never be the same again.

Kevin Stalflare

Comment 1

Well, you've met me without it. That's a start!

Posted by Sheri at 2008/03/05 17:08:32.

Comment 2

Sheri: Untrue, without RPGs the maison will not be my home because me John and the others met thanks to the RPG club in Reading during Uni...

Posted by Lox at 2008/03/05 21:53:38.

Comment 3

I think all the world of games, both video and pen&paper, owes a lot to Gary. He gave the start to a revolution.

It's ironic that yesterday evening, durin an english lesson, I had to name 15 persons in history that influenced our society. I didn't think about him at the moment, but he surely deserve a place on that list. In his own way he had a very big influence on today society.

Farewell Gary, you will always be the DM of our adventures.

Posted by Federico at 2008/03/05 23:34:07.

Comment 4

Mmmmm. Right.

Anyway, I come to ask myself if it is still worth hanging around the Maison. I get on well with you and Nigel, but... I feel more and more like a *straniero*. There is an obvious lack of compatibility. It's not negative per se, but I don't feel I belong here.

I'll see.

Posted by Sheri at 2008/03/06 18:09:19.

Comment 5

Sheri: I think you are exaggerating a bit, the fact that you do not play RPG doesn't mean that you cannot hang here or we cannot be friends...