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Lindsay Beaton
Lindsay Beaton

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MIT Students' tribute to Gygax

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According to MIT's student paper, the students put the giant die up in the campus' Killian Court as a way of paying tribute to Gary Gygax, who created the iconic game of D&D.
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RIP Gary.

Gary Gygax died on Tuesday, and the world is a poorer place. I was introduced to Advanced Dungeons and Dragons when I was 16. Some friends of mine were registered to play at a small, local games convention "Octocon" one of their team members had got sick, so I was asked to fill in at the last minute. I had the most fun I'd ever had, I played at home, and in more conventions than I can count - and it sparked a life-long enjoyment of roleplaying, again cribbing from slashdot....
"A good D&D game combines sitting around talking with friends about movies, school, your life with * puzzle solving * ensemble acting * lots of calculating * making moral choices that give you practice for real life * or just reveling in being bad since it doesn't really count * painting * collecting * drawing * writing stories * telling jokes * a lot of laughter-- sometimes so hard you can't breathe. Even a bad game has most of these. "
CNet have a nice tribute here. I'm too old for Cons these days - but for those of you who aren't... Cons in Sydney Cons in Canberra Cons in Melbourne (And for a trip down memory lane - the Australian Convention Roleplaying Glossary can be found here ) So - Rest in peace in Gary - you made the world a better place for so many of us.
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