My sister just informed me that Gary Gygax, co-inventor of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, died this morning. When she told me (txted me, actually), along with the sincere sorrow I felt (this guy was my hero when I was 10), two questions popped into my head.
First, how did he die? Was it a vicious kobold ambush? An undetected poison needle trap? A villainous evil mage with an axe to grind (figuratively speaking, of course; mages don't use axes)? I've looked and I still can't find a cause of death. Surely the great DM wouldn't have passed away of natural causes!
Second, how did I not know this? I'm a connected individual; I eat and sleep RSS feeds around the clock. It makes me wonder whether I'm watching the right sources for something this important to have slipped through.
I think I may have to dig through my box of original D&D (and AD&D) stuff tonight, just to get a whiff of the ol' magic and fondle my d20s one more time.
Thanks, Gary...your vision, talent, and effort changed my life...for the better.
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