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Tuesday, 4 March 2008 at 14:27

According to many news reports and far too many emails, Gary Gygax died in his sleep last night. He'll forever be remembered as one of the creators of the Dungeons & Dragons games.

I've no personal stories or recollections to share re: Gary Gygax. My tenure at TSR, Inc. was well after he had left the company he had founded.

That said, I wanted to thank him in memoriam for his indirect role in making me the writer I am today. While not the only piece of the puzzle, D&D looms large in my professional development as an editor and writer since TSR, Inc. was my first job out of college. Much of what I learned about editing and writing came out of the trenches of game design and deadline doom in Lake Geneva Wisconsin. Thanks to my job with TSR and Wizards of the Coast, I've met thousands of great people and fellow fans and made scores of great friends in the game industry.

D&D and Gary are also personally important to me as well. I've a few lifelong friends I met 25 years ago because of this game of Gary's. Even if nothing else, I'm grateful to him for that and all the fun we've had over the years with Dungeons & Dragons games.

Rest in peace, Gary. You deserve it.