# Remembering Gary Gygax **URL:** \ **Category:** Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 4, 2017, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/remembering-gary-gygax/20809 "2017-03-04T13:01:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KrudlerTheHorse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/krudlerthehorse/32/9505_2.png) [@KrudlerTheHorse](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/KrudlerTheHorse)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/remembering-gary-gygax/20809/1 "2017-03-04T13:01:17Z")
Thank you Gary Gygax for what you did for us all 🙂 Mr Gygax passed away March 4, 2008 > **[Gary Gygax](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gygax)** > > Ernest Gary Gygax (/ˈɡaɪɡæks/ GHY-gaks; July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008) was an American game designer and author best known for co-creating the pioneering 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. In 1971, he helped develop Chainmail, a miniatures wargame based on medieval warfare. He co-founded the company Tactical Studies Rules (TSR, Inc.) with childhood friend Don Ka... ---
**Author:** ![EternalElder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eternalelder/32/11273_2.png) [@EternalElder](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/EternalElder)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/remembering-gary-gygax/20809/2 "2017-03-04T14:10:00Z")
He will be missed. I started my gamin experience with D&D (old school) and have loved those types ever since. May he rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/remembering-gary-gygax/20809/3 "2017-03-04T14:51:09Z")
> [@EternalElder](#): > > He will be missed. He have been missed for 9 years already. ---
**Author:** ![EternalElder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eternalelder/32/11273_2.png) [@EternalElder](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/EternalElder)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/remembering-gary-gygax/20809/4 "2017-03-04T14:56:47Z")
I have not missed him for 9 years. I just found he was dead. I don’t follow Gen Con or D&D, so this was news to me. ---
**Author:** ![Eika](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/eika/32/103088_2.png) [@Eika](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Eika)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/remembering-gary-gygax/20809/5 "2017-03-04T15:14:55Z")
Ah, now I get you. ---
**Author:** ![UKresistance](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ukresistance/32/7558_2.png) [@UKresistance](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/UKresistance)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 8:39am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/remembering-gary-gygax/20809/6 "2017-03-05T08:39:40Z")
Owned by Hasbro oddly enough. ---
**Author:** ![Jainus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jainus/32/34949_2.png) [@Jainus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jainus)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 9:11am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/remembering-gary-gygax/20809/7 "2017-03-05T09:11:21Z")
Yes, thanks… though an odd time to make such a thread, really, he passed a while ago… Can we do Napoleon next? ---
**Author:** ![KrudlerTheHorse](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/krudlerthehorse/32/9505_2.png) [@KrudlerTheHorse](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/KrudlerTheHorse)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/remembering-gary-gygax/20809/8 "2017-03-05T14:34:31Z")
It’s the anniversary of his death and directly related to the game we’re playing. But I guess saying something obnoxious was more important to you. If you don’t like a thread just don’t go in it. Simple. ---
**Author:** ![Jainus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jainus/32/34949_2.png) [@Jainus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jainus)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/remembering-gary-gygax/20809/9 "2017-03-05T16:34:34Z")
> [@KrudlerTheHorse](#): > > It’s the anniversary of his death I hadn’t noticed that, sorry. > [@KrudlerTheHorse](#): > > I guess saying something obnoxious No offence meant. I intended to be facetious, yes, but not obnoxious. I am also a D&D and roleplay fan, and well aware of the gentleman’s great legacy. ---
**Author:** ![UKresistance](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/ukresistance/32/7558_2.png) [@UKresistance](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/UKresistance)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/remembering-gary-gygax/20809/10 "2017-03-06T15:36:45Z")
I’d still buy a modernized TURN BASED D&D game like the old ssi gold box ones. I tried playing pool of radiance a few years back and it just didn’t hold up like I remembered. They tried to remake it as action, but I never liked it. ---
**Author:** ![htismaqe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/htismaqe/32/23893_2.png) [@htismaqe](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/htismaqe)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/remembering-gary-gygax/20809/11 "2017-03-06T18:14:41Z")
You’re in luck then. There’s a bunch either already available or coming out soon. I can’t even name them all. I guess Pillars of Eternity (made by Obsidian no less) and Divinity: Original Sin stand out.