There's no saving throw against some things...

[mr_teem]

Ernest Gary Gygax
Co-Creator of Chainmail and Dungeons & Dragons
Co-Founder of Tactical Studies Rules
Gaming Geek ne plus ultra
1938-2008
Requiscat in PaceI first played D&D in 1976 and that started me on the road to where I am today, hobby-wise. I had seen him, from relatively afar, several times at various events in the 80s. I was part of a small

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[ninjaslug]

Last year at Gencon (at the Ram) we sat at the table next to Gary and a bunch of folks that paid to eat dinner with him. And we (the SlugFest crew) probably spoke more with him, than some of the paid guests.

[mr_teem]

That's awesome. From the times that I saw him, he was always friendly and affable. Like I said, these days I'm mostly LARPing so it's been a while that I've even thought about the good old days of polyhedral dice.

[lalaithpigeon]

drinks? check
snacks? check
laughter over silly in game things that no one else will get? check

oh yeah, that third pic is a gaming group.

[mr_teem]

Index cards! We used to use index cards for character sheets and in lieu of minis.

Those were the days.