D&D cocreator Gary Gygax now beyond scope of healing spells
By
Ben Kuchera | Published: March 05, 2008 - 08:59AM CT
"The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules."
-Quote popularly attributed to Gary Gygax
On March 4, Gary Gygax died at his home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, after suffering two strokes in 2004 and being diagnosed with an abdominal aortic aneurysm. He was 69. While the man may not be with us any more, the ideas that he popularized though his work on
Dungeons and Dragons will guide the game world for a very long time to come. In many ways, Gary Gygax built the bridge (complete with trolls underneath and dragons flying above) that we walk across every time we play a role-playing game, whether it be with a pen and pencil, a computer, or a home console.
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