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- Ernest Gary Gygax was an American entrepreneur who in 1974, together with his war-gaming friend David Arneson, created the world’s first fantasy role-playing game (RPG), Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), and ultimately paved the way for modern electronic RPGs.
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Oct 5, 2021 · A handwritten accounting, by Gary Gygax, of royalties due from Dungeons & Dragons’ first quarter sales in 1974. Image: Jon Peterson. One of the most unusual documents that Peterson uncovered in...
Ernest Gary Gygax (/ ˈ ɡ aɪ ɡ æ k s / GHY-gaks; July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008) was an American game designer and author best known for co-creating the pioneering tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) with Dave Arneson. In the 1960s, Gygax created an organization of wargaming clubs and founded the Gen Con gaming
- "Father of role-playing games"
- March 4, 2008 (aged 69), Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, U.S.
- Oak Hill Cemetery (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin)
Gary Gygax of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and Dave Arneson of the Twin Cities region in Minnesota, were both introduced to hobby gaming through Avalon Hill’s historical wargame Gettysburg in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s. Gettysburg inspired them both to begin designing their own games. Gygax became well-known within the wargaming field by ...
- James Haeck
David Lance Arneson (/ ˈ ɑːr n ɪ s ən /; October 1, 1947 – April 7, 2009) was an American game designer best known for co-developing the first published role-playing game (RPG), Dungeons & Dragons, with Gary Gygax, in the early 1970s.
- Game designer
- April 7, 2009 (aged 61), Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
- David Lance Arneson, October 1, 1947, Hennepin County, Minnesota, U.S.
- American
Apr 11, 2024 · Gygax and Arneson met for the first time at Gen Con in 1968. Arneson brought with him some miniature ship models he’d made and Gary was impressed.
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Oct 22, 2021 · Following the unexpected success of Dungeons & Dragons in the late ’70s, game designers Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson waged a decade-long battle over who should be considered the true creator...
Nov 2, 2015 · According to Michael Witwer’s new biography of Gygax, “Empire of Imagination: Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons & Dragons,” U.S. Army intelligence sent two agents to infiltrate Gygax’s...
