Gary Gygax
Gary Gygax
Ernest Gary Gygax was an American game designer and author best known for co-creating with Dave Arneson the pioneering role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. Gygax has been described as the father of D&D...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGame Designer
Date of Birth27 July 1938
CountryUnited States of America
player ambitious gains
As a typically ambitious player, I did what all others of that ilk do: Everything I could do to gain advantage for my PCs and rise in level as rapidly as possible.
years play dragons
Anyone wanna play Dungeons & Dragons for the next quadrillion years?
school discipline hated
I hated school, didn't like the discipline.
risk instinct gut-instinct
I'm just a risk taker. I have gut instincts.
home office risk
I wasn't popular in the home office because I wasn't chicken. I'm just a risk taker. I have gut instincts.
thinking people able
Outside of the mindless sitcoms that the networks thrive on, people able to think generally consider most entertainment is escape in one form or another.
real dragons games
Somebody said they threw their copy of Dungeons and Dragons into the fire, and it screamed. It's a game! The magic spells in it are as real as the gold. Try retiring on that stuff.
fun games guy
I would like the world to remember me as the guy who really enjoyed playing games and sharing his knowledge and his fun pastimes with everybody else.
adventure humanity males
There's a call to adventure. It's something in the inner psyche of humanity, particularly males.
encouragement children culture
Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time.
thinking grandparent wish
I think a lot of what I was taught, gathered, and learned is worth keeping. Heritage and "wisdom" and simply personal family and local history enrich the one able to tap such information. As it is I wish I had garnered more from my grandparents and parents.
running moving rpgs
When AI approximates Machine Intelligence, then many online and computer-run RPGs will move towards actual RPG activity. Nonetheless, that will not replace the experience of 'being there,' any more than seeing a theatrical motion picture can replace the stage play.
book writing games
The books I write because I want to read them, the games because I want to play them, and stories I tell because I find them exciting personally.
blood-sweat-and-tears inventor destined
If you are an inventor, then you are destined for blood, sweat and tears.