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
playing-games giving mind
Games give you a chance to excel, and if you're playing in good company you don't even mind if you lose because you had the enjoyment of the company during the course of the game.
secret needs should
The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.
player games goal
Role-playing games are contests in which the players usually cooperate as a group to achieve a common goal rather than compete to eliminate one another from play.... Role games ... bring players together in a mutual effort...
playing-games essence role-playing
The essence of a role-playing game is that it is a group, cooperative experience.
magic world facts
Enjoy a 'world' where the fantastic is fact and magic really works!
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.
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.