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Mar 7, 2019 · Photo: Courtesy of Gail Gygax. Growing up Southern Baptist in Mayfield, Kentucky, Gail Gygax, née Carpenter, learned to never take anything sitting down.“My mom raised us by herself. My dad did ...
Gail founded the Gygax Memorial Fund in 2010 and worked for years to fulfill her mission to honor her late husband. Although stepping down as President in 2020 due to health concerns, she continues to lead our board of directors and is a driving factor in the completion of the memorial.
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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)
316 Madison Street, Lake Geneva, WI 53147. Gary & Gail Gygax's home where they raised their son Alex Gygax. Here Gary penned his Dangerous Journeys role-playing game, Magister Setne Imhotep novels, Legendary Adventures role-playing game, Gygaxian Worlds, Hall of Many Panes, Castle Zagyg, and numerous other works. His fans continued to flock to ...
Mar 5, 2008 · March 5, 2008. OBITUARY. 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 ...
Stone Manor, unit 2 North, would be Gary's residence beginning in the spring of 1983. He would soon share this home with his fiancé to be, Gail Carpenter. The manor, known as Younglands, having been built by Otto Young, was as magnificent as the most lavish European manors.
Mar 7, 2008 · In 1987, he married his second wife, Gail Carpenter. She survives him, as do three sons and three daughters. · Ernest Gary Gygax, writer and game designer, born July 27 1938; died March 4 2008
