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Gary Gygax dies at 69.

AP story on Gygax’ death

How many times will we see this referenced in sports columnist rants against statistical analysis over the next week?

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  1. Ronaldo
    Mar, 4 2008 / 5:16 pm

    Deaths come in threes. So whoever invented the mother’s basement better watch his step.

  2. Terry
    Mar, 4 2008 / 5:34 pm

    I actually met Gygax 2-3 years ago in a legal situation involving his mountainous debt. Very likable, gentle guy. Bemoaned the rise of computer-based gaming, which you’d expect.

  3. Ken Dynamo
    Mar, 4 2008 / 6:52 pm

    i didnt know his wife’s name was gail. thats a lot of alliteration. AD&D is a great game. im going to go play some living greyhawk in his honor.

  4. bsankr
    Mar, 4 2008 / 8:58 pm

    @Ronaldo: +1. Hell, +1,000,000.

  5. Nate
    Mar, 5 2008 / 9:15 am

    Man. I feel like I lost a relative.

    Rest in peace, Gary. Thanks for the memories.

  6. Craig Calcaterra
    Mar, 5 2008 / 1:20 pm

    Must’ve lost his saving throw . . .

    OK, that was bad taste. I played a lot of AD&D in my youth, so this news saddens me.

  7. PhillR
    Mar, 6 2008 / 6:44 pm

    You have to love PA’s tribute:

    http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic

  8. Will Christian
    Mar, 12 2008 / 12:09 am

    I think you want this PA link:

    http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/03/04

    Otherwise you’ll just get the current comic, which isn’t usually Gygax related.

    You know, all this D&D retrospective stuff makes me think we haven’t gone far enough with baseball statistics. Until we can model a ballplayer and infallibly simulate all his on-field actions with a Euclidian regular solid inscribed with numbers, our mission can never be complete.

    Just think of the fun! “Potion of Andro = +2 Str!” “Sosa’s Complex Corkage = +1 to Swing, -6 Charisma on Critical Miss” “Invocation of The Contract Year = +2 to All Stats” “Chipper’s Magic Greenies +3 to Haste”.

    And so on…