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Gygax married Mary Jo Powell on September 14, 1958, the couple later had five children: Ernie, Elise, Heidi, Cindy and Luke. Gygax and his first wife became Jehovah's Witnesses. Later Gygax would separate from that religion but remain a Christian, and a few months before he died he cited his favorite Bible verse, Matthew 5:15–16.
- "Father of role-playing games"
- March 4, 2008 (aged 69), Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, U.S.
- Oak Hill Cemetery (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin)
Nov 2, 2015 · In a recent interview with Tobias Carroll, Witwer acknowledged that Gygax “was a practicing Jehovah’s Witness. He would go door-to-door and he would give out pamphlets. He was pretty...
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Oct 24, 2022 · At least for some of his life, Gary Gygax was a Jehovah's Witness. And so the game always had these very Christian elements in it. The game was about good versus evil.
- Substance Abuse. Sadly, Gygax battled with addiction throughout his life. Notably, he was addicted to cocaine, which contributed to the breakdown and eventual ending of his marriage to Mary in 1983.
- TV Work. Gygax was the co-producer of the D&D Cartoon series for CBS. This series lasted 3 seasons, and although the script was found for a conclusive episode, it was cancelled before it could be released.
- Distancing from Jehovah’s Witnesses. Due to the bad rap D&D was getting in the media - namely the satanic associations - as well as his smoking and drinking, Gygax was obliged to dissociate himself from the Jehovah’s Witnesses.
- Origins of the Name. Supposedly, the series gets its name from Gygax’s daughter, who chose D&D out of a list of other potential titles. This was when she was just 2 years old!
Sep 29, 2022 · It’s a tale that begins in 1970 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, when a Jehovah’s Witness and high-school dropout named Gary Gygax lost his job as an insurance underwriter.
A Jehovah's Witness, Gygax was apparently troubled by the idea of a stat-blocked angel - and when readers called him out on the hypocrisy of having a problem with stat-blocked angels but not stat-blocked demons and devils, the editorial staff of The Dragon really had to come of with some twisted, bizarre logic not to make this sound like ...
Nov 4, 2020 · Gygax and wife Mary Jo, once active members of the local Jehovah’s Witness congregation, found themselves on the outs as the local group raised concern about the “satanic” game Gygax had created.
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