RIP Gary Gygax

Gary Gygax, creator of D&D, died this week.

Someone (not me) brilliantly said "He must have rolled a 1." Another person commented on a web site: "He missed his saving throw."

Unfortunately most of the obits were dry and written by people who didn't even make an effort to understand.

to read a really great obit:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/06/DDSCVE5B2.DTL&type=DD