the final arbiter

posted on March 4, 2008
filed under musings |

Gary Gygax died today (CNN link). There was probably no greater influence on my learning than he. The first edition of the Dungeon Master’s Guide was geared to college-age kids and older; I was sixteen the first time I played. I and my friends couldn’t get enough. I still miss the thirty-hour marathons and mountains of pizza crust; playing for hours without even rolling a die; being a DM and watching one of your players hit twentieth level. Being a player and killing your first orc. Your first vampire. Your first demon. Your first dragon.

Gary Gygax - requiescat in pace - and say hi to the Cudgel for me.

(link to a great article at the NY Times)

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