On this day in 1938 Gary Gygax was born and we celebrate that birth for all the gaming that he was a major part of bringing into our lives.
If you've never read any of the books that talk about Gygax, then go check out the Wikipedia page at Gary_Gygax for an overview. Take it with a grain of salt though, because like all Wikipedia pages the accuracy is only a poor reflection of reality. For instance it tries to imply that Gary created the LARP. But follow the link and you will find he is not even mentioned. I suppose it is only appropriate that in an article about Gygax it is full of fantasy.
The main take away for me is that he was a bright kid that started playing adult level games at an early age and like all bright kids he got in a lot of trouble. These days they would diagnose him with a whole alphabet soup of diseases pump him full of mood altering drugs and he would never have been part of anything like D&D or any of the other games that he had a hand in.
Although it is a good thing his dad moved him to WI and put him in just the right place to be a game player and writer. Good for us anyway. Thank you Gary, Happy Birthday!!
If you've never read any of the books that talk about Gygax, then go check out the Wikipedia page at Gary_Gygax for an overview. Take it with a grain of salt though, because like all Wikipedia pages the accuracy is only a poor reflection of reality. For instance it tries to imply that Gary created the LARP. But follow the link and you will find he is not even mentioned. I suppose it is only appropriate that in an article about Gygax it is full of fantasy.
The main take away for me is that he was a bright kid that started playing adult level games at an early age and like all bright kids he got in a lot of trouble. These days they would diagnose him with a whole alphabet soup of diseases pump him full of mood altering drugs and he would never have been part of anything like D&D or any of the other games that he had a hand in.
Although it is a good thing his dad moved him to WI and put him in just the right place to be a game player and writer. Good for us anyway. Thank you Gary, Happy Birthday!!
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