A tribute to E. Gary Gygax

[eeknight]

I've been meaning to do a lengthy post on Gygax and what gaming has brought to my life. I've been muchly inspired by the post they put up at Black Gate.

I really liked this quote from John O'Neill, so I'm reproducing it here:
"For myself, I learned a great deal at the gaming table, and it has served me extraordinarily well. I'd been a Dungeon

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[ericcoleman]

Being a freak about Everest, I have stolen the pic with the Edmund Hillary stats

[geekgrrl_ca]

You can find the original on userfriendly.org

[repton_infinity]

I don't know about lawful good - I'd say neutral good at most. A lawful good guy wouldn't have stolen a march on Vivian Fuchs in the Antarctic crossing..

[ericcoleman]

freakin' awesome good sir, There can not be much a greater eulogy for such a creative genius. You are a gentleman and a scholar, and hell, I think a little Gygax survives in you... very brilliant, I will show others...

[liamstliam]

OMFGWTFBBQ

My wife and I read this and laughed our butts off together.

Thank you.

[eeknight]

Glad you like it!

[eeknight]

No, pleased as anything.

[eeknight]

Glad you enjoyed yourself.

[canadiandiamond]

This was really great, I'll definitely be linking to it as well if that's alright. Makes me wish I had more people around for some tabletop action now.

[eeknight]

Thank you! I could go for a good dungeon crawl myself.