Comments on: Farewell Gary Gygax http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/sf-and-gaming/games/farewell-gary-gygax/ The blogs of Tim Hall Fri, 14 Apr 2017 23:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.41 By: Tim Hall http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/sf-and-gaming/games/farewell-gary-gygax/comment-page-1/#comment-2954 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:08:09 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/2008/03/04/farewell-gary-gygax/#comment-2954 You mean you don’t know when it’s best to use a Guisarme-glaive, and when to use a Bohemian Earspoon?

As Ian says, I have to thank Gary Gygax for the large number of friends I’ve made though gaming over the past twenty years, including your friends Ash and Tony.

]]> By: Michael Orton http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/sf-and-gaming/games/farewell-gary-gygax/comment-page-1/#comment-2953 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:42:21 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/2008/03/04/farewell-gary-gygax/#comment-2953 There are many imperfections in the D&D system and its immediate decendants. Not least the totally spurious system for working out which pole-arm is best against which sort of armour.

However, it was the way in to the genre for many. Without it my world world would have been different. I suspect it would not have been beter.

]]> By: Ian Redfearn http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/sf-and-gaming/games/farewell-gary-gygax/comment-page-1/#comment-2946 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:56:12 +0000 http://www.kalyr.co.uk/weblog/2008/03/04/farewell-gary-gygax/#comment-2946 A real shame. Without Gary, I would never have discovered the wonder and excitement of RPG. I would never have joined compuserve and later Dreamlyrics. I would never have met you (Tim) or the other friends gained through game playing. I still remember the night I watched the Money Programme on BBC2, it was an interview with him about D&D. That night changed my life.

He will be missed.

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