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Ernest Gary Gygax ( / ˈɡaɪɡæks / GHY-gaks; July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008) [2] 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 convention.
- "Father of role-playing games"
- March 4, 2008 (aged 69), Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, U.S.
- Oak Hill Cemetery (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin)
Mar 10, 2008 · The host is Gary Gygax, and the occasion is a game convention in his hometown of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, this past June. Gygax, 68. is a cocreator and popularizer of the most influential game ever ...
Feb 29, 2024 · Ernest Gary Gygax 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. In 1971 Gygax introduced the game Chainmail, the
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Mar 5, 2008 · March 5, 2008. Gary Gygax, a pioneer of the imagination who transported a fantasy realm of wizards, goblins and elves onto millions of kitchen tables around the world through the game he helped ...
Ernest Gary Gygax (pronounced: /ˈg aɪ g ɑː k s/ GY-gaks), born July 27, 1938, in Chicago, Illinois; died March 4, 2008, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, aged 69 years) was best known as the author of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), co-created with Dave Arneson and co-published with Don Kaye in 1974 under the company TSR, Inc..
Mar 5, 2008 · Gary Gygax, co-creator of the legendary game, died yesterday. He was 69 and had suffered a variety of health problems. He was one of two men who came up with Dungeons & Dragons in 1974. It was a ...
—E. Gary Gygax, 1979, AD&D Dungeon Masters Guide, p. 224. Happy Birthday, Gary Gygax! To many, Gygax is the father of roleplaying games. Many wargamers came before him, and many joined him on this effort, but Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson’s joint creation of Dungeons & Dragons gave birth to the RPG genre.
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