Gygax's influences reach farther than most people realize. Sure he did D&D, but without that groundwork in western fantasy we wouldn't have MUDs, Magic: The Gathering, Warhammer, Ultima Online (and by extension several other RPGs), and more fantasy novels, games, and toys than I care to think about. An entire industry (several actually) owe their success directly to him.
Not to mention LARPers.
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Originally Posted by Crash
So, in this moment of Gygax's passing, do you feel he was a hero to the imaginations of the masses, or a demon whose sinister designs turned otherwise promising adolescents into useless cysts on society's buttock?
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Neutral at best, Chaotic-neutral at worst.
Nah, really though, I think he was a good guy. Anyone who bolsters youthful imaginative thought gets credit in my book. It's sorta like the guy who invented the handgun. His influence on the world can't be stressed, but whether his machinations were a curse or a godsend is all up to the individual. I've never played D&D before, but we're all a little geeky here, so in that respect I have to give it up for the Gy-man.
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