Posted on: 5th March, 2008 : 11:24:08 GMT

As I am sure most of you have already read on one of the major RPG-related websites out there by now, Gary Gygax, the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons passed away yesterday (March 4th), aged 69.

Like so many others, my introduction to roleplaying was through Dungeons & Dragons. After D&D came AD&D, and from there my friends and I (some of whom I still roleplay with to this day) branched out into a myriad other systems. Yes I may have quickly moved on from playing Dungeons & Dragons, but I will forever have a soft spot in my heart for it. Without it, I doubt we would have the vast array of RPGs that we have today. Even online games such as WoW owe their creative origins to D&D.

A sad passing indeed. It somehow feels like our leader has just died.

Cthulhu Rising will be observing 1d4+1 minutes of silence today.

 

news archive menu page