He was the son of a swiss immigrant and a major contributer to gameing both off and on screen. Though we know him for D&D, his game set the ground rules on which Role Playing Games came to be based on and it was Dungeons and Dragons that was to baby boomer generation of nerds and techies what World of Warcraft is to us today. While Dungeons and Dragons has remained in its classic form, its also had a long life on everything from the Apple 2 to Dungeons and Dragons Online, a game I'm happy to have tried out on my MMO journey through the years.
Awards and honors:
- Strategists Club's "Outstanding Designer & Writer" for the creation of D&D
- Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design Origins Award Hall of Fame 1980
- Four time winner of Games Day's "Best Games Inventor" (1979–82)
- GenCon 2007 (40th Anniversary), Premiere Guest of Honor
- Gary Gygax was tied with J. R. R. Tolkien for #18 on GameSpy's 30 Most Influential People in Gaming.
- A strain of bacteria was named in honor of Gary Gygax, namely "Arthronema gygaxiana sp nov UTCC393".
- ync Magazine named Gary Gygax #1 on the list of "The 50 Biggest Nerds of All Time".
- SFX Magazine listed him as #37 on the list of the "50 Greatest SF Pioneers".
- In 1999 Pyramid magazine named Gary Gygax as one of The Millennium's Most Influential Persons' ' "at least in the realm of adventure gaming."
- Gary Gygax was commemorated in a number of webcomics, including xkcd's comic #393 "Ultimate Game", Penny Arcades "Bordering On The Semi-Tasteful", Dork Towers "Thanks for the Worldbuilding Rules", Order of the Stick #536, and GU Comics' "The Journey's End".
- Blizzard Entertainment dedicated the 2.4.0 patch to World of Warcraft to Gary Gygax.
Job Titles:
- 1970–73 – Editor-in-Chief, Guidon Games (publisher of Wargaming rules and wargames)
- 1973–83 – Partner of TSR and then President of TSR Hobbies, Inc.
- 1983–85 – President, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Entertainment Corporation
- Co-Producer, Dungeons & Dragons animated television show
- 1983–85 – Chairman of the Board of Directors of TSR, Inc.; also President (1985)
- 1986–88 – Chairman of the Board of Directors, New Infinities Productions, Inc.
- 1988–94 – Creator/author under contract to Omega Helios Limited
- 1995–2008 – Creator/author under contract to Trigee Enterprises Corporation
- 1999–2008 – Partner, Hekaforge Productions
Role-playing games
Boot Hill - role-playing elements in the Wild West, with Brian Blume, 1975
Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set
Dungeons & Dragons
Supplements:
Greyhawk (with Rob Kuntz)
Eldritch Wizardry (with Brian Blume)
Swords & Spells
Accessories:
The Book of Marvelous Magic (with Frank Mentzer)
Adventures:
B2 The Keep on the Borderlands
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
Rule books:
Player's Handbook
Dungeon Master's Guide
Monster Manual
Monster Manual II
Supplements:
Unearthed Arcana
Oriental Adventures (with Dave Cook & Francois Froideval)
Accessories:
Dungeon Geomorphs (3 sets)
Outdoor Geomorphs
Monster & Treasure Assortments (3 sets)
S1 Tomb of Horrors
Adventures:
D1 Descent Into the Depths of the Earth
D2 Shrine of the Kuo-Toa
D3 Vault of the Drow
EX1 Dungeonland
EX2 The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror
G1 Steading of the Hill Giant Chief
G2 Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl
G3 Hall of the Fire Giant King
Q1 Queen of the Demonweb Pits (with Dave Sutherland)
S1 Tomb of Horrors
S3 Expedition to the Barrier Peaks
S4 The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
T1 The Village of Hommlet
T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil (with Frank Mentzer)
WG4 Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun[25]
WG5 Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure[26]
WG6 Isle of the Ape[27]
Gamma World
See also: Gamma World
GW1, Legion of Gold by Gary Gygax, Luke Gygax, and Paul Reiche III (ISBN 0-935696-61-X) TSR 1981
Cyborg Commando
Cyborg Commando, New Infinities, 1987
Dangerous Journeys
Mythus – (with Dave Newton), Game Designers Workshop, 1992
Mythus Magick – Book II of the MYTHUS Game (with Dave Newton), GDW, 1992
Epic of Ærth – Companion Volume to the MYTHUS Game, GDW, 1992
Necropolis – Adventure Scenario, GDW, 1993
Mythus Bestiary, Ærth Animalia – (with Dave & Michele Newton), GDW, 1993
Changeling – Weird Science Fantasy Role-Playing Game, published in part in Mythic Masters Magazine (see Periodicals)
Unhallowed – Supernatural Horror Role-Playing Game (with Mike McCulley), GDW (manuscript, unpublished) 1992.
Lejendary Adventures
Rule books:
Lejendary Rules for All Players - Hekaforge Productions, 1999
Lejend Master's Lore - Hekaforge Productions, 2000
Beasts of Lejend - Hekaforge Productions, 2000
World Setting sourcebooks:
Lejendary Earth Gazetteer - Part 1, Hekaforge Productions, 2002
Noble Kings & Dark Lands - Part 2, (with Chris Clark) Hekaforge Productions, 2003
The Mysterious Realms of Hazgar – Part 3, (with Chris Clark) Hekaforge Productions, 2005
Adventures:
Living the Lejend - Campaign Setting & Expansion for the LA Essentials Boxed Set, Troll Lord Games (2005)
Forlorn Corners - included serially as a part of the Author’s and Collector’s Editions of the three core rules noted above (1999–2000)
Hall of Many Panes – Module Boxed Set with D20 stats included, Troll Lord Games 2005
Lejendary Adventure Essentials - Primer Boxed Set for the LA RPG, Troll Lord Games, 2005
Castles & Crusades
For Castles & Crusades, the Castle Zagyg series is a planned series of seven sourcebooks based on the Castle Greyhawk from Gygax's original campaign. For trademark reasons they are not actually published under the name of Greyhawk.
Gary Gygax's Castle Zagyg: Yggsburgh Troll Lord Games, 2005 (ISBN 1-931275-68-8)
Gary Gygax's Castle Zagyg: Dark Chateau (by Robert J. Kuntz) Troll Lord Games 2005 (ISBN 1-931275-69-6)
Gary Gygax's Castle Zagyg: The East Mark Gazeteer (with Jeffrey P. Talanian) Troll Lord Games, 2007 (ISBN 978-1-929474-98-1)
Generic d20 System
A Challenge of Arms - (Chris Clark with Gary Gygax) generic adventure module, Inner City Game Designs, 1999
Ritual of the Golden Eyes - (Chris Clark with Gary Gygax) generic adventure module, Inner City Game Designs, 2000
The Weyland Smith Catalog - ("Joke" Magic Items), short version, Hekaforge Productions, 1999
Gygaxian Fantasy Worlds Series from Troll Lord Games. Volumes IV, V, VI, VII are edited by Gygax.
Volume I Gary Gygax's The Canting Crew, explores the underworld of city life, "Gygaxian Fantasy Worlds, Volume II"
Volume II Gary Gygax's World Builder, a collection of organized definitions, lists, tables and charts, (with Dan Cross) – 2003
Volume III Gary Gygax's Living Fantasy, Everyday Life, – 2003
Volume IV Gary Gygax's Book of Names by Malcolm Bowers
Volume V Gary Gygax's Insidiae by Dan Cross 2004
Volume VI Gary Gygax's Nation Builder, by Michael J. Varhola – 2005
Volume VII Gary Gygax's Cosmos Builder, by Richard T. Balsley – 2006
Check out Wikipedia for more information
Below are just a few of the video's found on youtube created by fans of D&D, as well as fellow techies and nerds. His death was the end of a wonderful and fulfilling life bringing joy to others through his creations. Before viewing the tributes to Gary Gygax let me just apoligize to who ever reads this for my not posting this on March 4th.
You Will be missed Gary Gygax.
Please Take a moment of Silence before watching the video's. Also make sure to watch them all in there entirity.
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