10 March 2008
A man who helped shape my pre-teen world & defined my teen-angsty geekdom has recently passed away. Gary Gygax, co-creator (with Dave Arneson) of Dungeons & Dragons died in his home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin on 4 March. The man, while not necessarily visionary, took the mundane and with the help of his friend, Dave Arneson, re-wrote rules to create one of the greatest phenomenons in recent history. The Age of Role-Playing was born in the minds of those two men. While animosity & credit soon got in the way, the contribution of Gary Gygax cannot be overlooked or understated. These, now-ubiquitous polyhedral dice collections, were his brain-child and with this I salute the man, the husband, the father — Gary Gygax.
Polyhedron Dice
R.I.P. Gary

~KR (Written on 13 March 200 8)

Listening to:
Any Colour You Like It by Dark Side Voices
from Dark Side of the Moon A Capella

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