[默哀]DnD之父Gary Gygax逝世
Gary Gygax, 'Father of D&D,' Dies at 69By Lore Sjoberg March 04, 2008 | 1:43:14 PMCategories: Current Affairs
Gary Gygax, one of the co-creators of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, according to Stephen Chenault, CEO of Troll Lord Games.
Gygax designed the original D&D game with Dave Arneson in 1974, and went on to create the Dangerous Journeys and Lejendary Adventure RPGs, as well as a number of board games. He also wrote several fantasy novels.
"I don't think I've really grokked it yet," said Mike Mearls, the lead developer of the upcoming 4th edition of Dungeons and Dragons. "He was like the cool uncle that every gamer had. He shaped an entire generation of gamers."
Gygax was not directly involved with Dungeons & Dragons after 1985, and his relationship with his former company, TSR Inc., was not friendly at first. The company sued him over his competing game Dangerous Journeys, and in a 2004 interview with GameSpy he stated that he was "pleased to say" that he thought the cost of the suit and settlement drove TSR to sell the rights to the game.
While reportedly unimpressed with the current edition of the Dungeons and Dragons game, he created adventures and settings that could be used with it, which were published by Troll Lord Games.
Gygax went well beyond the role of game developer and became an icon to gamers, appearing as himself in episodes of Futurama and Code Monkeys and participating in discussions on roleplaying-related message boards.
Gygax had been in poor health for some time, according to his wife Gail. Chenault says he will publish more information, including funeral arrangements, on the Troll Lord message board as it becomes available.
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http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/03/report-gary-gyg.html
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默哀… 刚看到消息
默哀… 这么年轻......一路走好,我们会默念您的大名!OTZ 大贤者只是归隐了
当英雄们聚集在酒馆时，会发现一个慈祥的老爷子对着他们微笑。 70岁了，不算年轻了 万物终究会归为尘土，当生命最终尘归于尘，土归于土时，总是令人惆怅。
但生命的构成物中存在着一种神奇，是他将“尘土”凝聚。当尘土飞扬而去，愿那种“神奇”不朽，永远留后世，
默哀～～～ 原帖由 yates 于 2008-3-5 12:53 发表 http://www.odyguild.org/bbs/images/common/back.gif
70岁了，不算年轻了
美国的平均寿命好像是73.x吧,还是早了一点啊!不知道老爷子对4E有没有什么独到的看法啊?
默哀....... 刚刚在Alazander的博客看到这个消息。。。 默哀....
上午看到的消息...
老兵不死
只是隐退 貌似有个标题是没通过最后一次豁免检定