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With reason You drew, with honor you sheathed. Rest In Peace.

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any way we could get something about this on the front page?

My sympathies to his family. R.I.P Gary

He made his mark on the world, may he rest in peace now.

The Empty Chair
Eulogy for a Gamer

There is an empty chair,
at the table this day.
A hallowed place where,
a friend once played.
The roll of his dice,
my ears long to hear.
Or perhaps it would suffice,
if he should suddenly appear.
With character sheet in hand,
and a bag of Cheeze-doodles to share.
All his friends would stand,
as he sat in the empty chair.
I hear his voice a-callin’,
and it ties my heart in a knot.
For he cries, “Though a comrade has fallen,
You must play for those who cannot.”
We conquered worlds on the run,
he and I in the name of fun.
And as others may come and go,
I make both both friend and foe.
But what I long for most,
is our past now long a ghost. 

http://www.kenzerco.com/Operiodicals/kodt/nemptychair.php

Rest in peace, and may you find new adventures in whatever lies beyond.

I don't know what kind of person I'd be without the experience of roleplaying with friends. D& D was the first..and though I  don't pen and paper it these days...It undoubtedly influenced my creativity and sharpened my imagination. I thank Mr Gygax for his contribution and enrichment of my life. I'll remember him as a Great friend...one i never met ...and thank him for all the friends I made on his behalf... I can only hope to meet him in some afterlife...and that it is as fantastic as the lives he assisted me in creating...you will be missed DM. Sweet Dreams.

Reading these posts, seeing that many people had the same experiences I did... I remember my beginning, with AD&D, the wonder of imagining an entire world, living in it, interacting with it. And then Vampire, Werewolf, and then back to D&D. The Saturday afternoons with friends, laughing, playing, battling, hunting, creating... And the recent times: MMORPGs. The fun, the interaction... All because of this man.

Don't rest in peace Mr. Gygax: keep fighting, riding, casting, dodging - mastering! Wherever you are.

Gary Gygax gave wings to my imagination to fly, a debt I could never repay. R.I.P. bud.

I posted 2nd on this topic today and i feel as though my post did not do this pioneer justice.

After reading through ALL the posts (with watering eye's and all) and seeing how he has touched so many lives in a similar way as he touched mine, there is not much more to say, other than he was, and always will be...our 1st and most missed DM...

The gamming industry has lost a man among men that few will ever measure upto....

A lot of years and a lot of friends I owe to the Big DM, thank you Mr. Gygax, rest in peace. Your legacy will live on far after we are all gone.