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03-04-2008, 03:44 PM
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| Epic Clayail  Joined: Aug 2003 Location: in viis mileti Posts: 9,784
| Gary Gygax has passed away http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl.../03/04/1750206 I'm not a tabletop gamer, or even a fantasy video gamer. But the influence of Dungeons & Dragons is impossible to ignore. Anyone who plays rpg or action-adventure games on video game consoles has felt his influence, and much of the standard tropes of post-Tolkien fantasy solidified via D&D.
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03-04-2008, 05:37 PM
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| The People's Super Moderator  Joined: Sep 2002 Location: Aldergrove, BC, Canada Posts: 15,789
| I do play Dungeons & Dragons; this is a pretty significant loss.
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03-06-2008, 07:56 PM
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| intentionally left blank. | There's a nice reference/homage to him in today's Questionable Content. Just thought I'd point that out. I've been seeing little notes everywhere from fans and gamers alike. Though I've not played a game of DnD myself, it's nice that he's being remembered. I'm sure that many of the games I do play have his influence all over them. |
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03-06-2008, 08:08 PM
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| Administrator   Basketball Shoot-out Champion!Tournaments Won: 35Joined: May 2002 Location: Northern California Posts: 39,341
   | This is a nice tribute from Penny Arcade. I've played D&D, and many other tabletop games. Huge influence. Wow.
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03-06-2008, 08:17 PM
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| The People's Super Moderator Joined: Sep 2002 Location: Aldergrove, BC, Canada Posts: 15,789
| Order of the Stick also did a nice tribute.
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03-07-2008, 10:51 AM
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| Now with Banstick™ Super Moderator  Joined: Jun 2003 Location: Nashville Posts: 8,143
| xkcd also has a fantastic tribute. http://xkcd.com/393/ I never got into the tabletop rpg thing, but I have many friends that were heavily involved. And you can't deny the kind of impact D&D had. |
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05-17-2008, 11:21 PM
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