RIP Gary Gygax

[drcpunk]

Crossposted to labcats

I don't think I ever met him. I may have seen him, but I'm sure we were never formally introduced. But there is a Gary Gygax hole in my universe.

I have to admit that the Gygax story coming to mind now is the one Lee Gold told me about how he took maximum boggle damage on finding out when they spoke on the phone that she was a woman.

This is my favorite tribute so far: Order of the Stick.

Comments

[avram]

"A gnome illusionist"? In first edition?

[kent-allard-jr.livejournal.com]

Yep! Only to level 7, though. Man, those rules were bad...

[brianrogers.livejournal.com]

I have to admit that the Gygax story coming to mind now is the one Lee Gold told me about how he took maximum boggle damage on finding out when they spoke on the phone that she was a woman.

Mine is Spike's story from GenCon where young Miranda reached out and stretched Gary's face about. Gary took it calmly, waited until the pre-schooler was finished and then said. "Well, time for a smoke."

That just cracks me up.