Another one leaves us.
Originally published at The Phoenix Nest. You can comment here or there.
Earlier this year, Gary Gygax passed on.
He was mourned greatly by the role-playing community, as without him, there would have been no Dungeons and Dragons, and as such, role-playing as we know it may well not exist. Certainly, it’s very small percentage of role-players who haven’t played D&D at some point, in some form.
Yesterday, we also lost Erick Wujick to cancer. While not as well known, he will be missed more by me, as he wrote the first true RPG I ever played: TMNT and Other Strangeness. He also wrote the Amber Diceless RPG, which I have spent a large amount of time playing over the years. So you see, his works had a more direct impact on my life than Gygax’s did.
RIP Erick.