Current mood:

melancholy

Here's to you, Gary
Gary Gygax is dead. Seems I was the last to know, or something. I played D&D as my first RPG ever, at age 10. I had badgered my brothers into letting me join. When they quit, I took over their books and dice, got my friends together and played for hours on end.

Role playing games have brought me together with many of my friends over the twenty years I've played them, and has influenced my thought patterns and personal development in ways that can only be described as profound. While it might have come about without the late Mr. Gygax, it came about by his work. His name is synonymous with role playing games in many ways.

Last night, I was playing a role playing game with a number of good friends. While it was not D&D, I still feel the need to say this: Thank you for that, Gary Gygax. Thank you for spurring on the genre to what it has become, and what it will become in the future. You will be missed, but your work stands as your memorial.