Somebody said they threw their copy of Dungeons and Dragons into the fire, and it screamed. It’s a game! The magic spells in it are as real as the gold. Try retiring on that stuff.
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The essence of a role-playing game is that it is a group, cooperative experience.
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There is no winning or losing, but rather the value is in the experience of imagining yourself as a character in whatever genre you’re involved in, whether it’s a fantasy game, the Wild West, secret agenst or whatever else. You get to sort of vicariously experience those things.
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Birth: | 27th July, 1938 |
Death: | 4th March, 2008 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Game Designer, Writer |
Ernest Gary Gygax was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an American game designer and writer best known for co-creating with Dave Arneson the pioneering role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. Gygax has been described as the father of D&D. He wrote several books include: Saga of Old City(novel), The Keep on the Borderlands(novel), Against the Giants(novel), Come Endless Darkness(novel), The Samarkand Solution(novel), Infernal Sorceress(novel), Player's Handbook, and Dungeonland.
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