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Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
From: Remus Shepherd <re...@panix.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 21:46:08 +0000 (UTC)
Local: Tues, Mar 4 2008 4:46 pm
Subject: Re: E. Gary Gygax (1938 - 2008)
johan.g.lar...@gmail.com wrote: Go read Slashdot.org and their announcement of this news. A lot of > On Mar 4, 3:02 pm, jdnic...@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote: > > Gygax, co-creator of D&Dm, co-founder of TSR (once a > > significant publisher) and author of the Gord the Rogue [1] sword > > and sorcery novels, has died. > IMHO, D&D was one of those neat optional side-roads history took. > Table-top wargames were going to happen, storytelling in general was > going to happen, and I think the same holds for computer games. But > tabletop role-playing might not have, except for the efforts of a > fellow who liked to tell stories _and_ fight miniature battles. > I wonder how computer games would be different if GG hadn't created > D&D. Conanesque fantasy would surely be a smaller niche, but would > there be any larger effects? computer programmers are giving D&D credit for their ability to understand rulesets, alter environments, and think creatively. D&D had enormous impact on our world, and I don't know what popular How much of D&D's influence was due to Gygax is arguable, but he's Godspeed, dungeonmaster. ... ... You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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