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**formobilagsw** · 03-05-2008, 05:06 PM

He died at "level' (age) 69.

Man, that guy is probably 90% responsible for any and all words I know that are more than two syllables, and many that are 1-2 syllables!

For some reason, as a young boy of 7 or 8, the world of dungeons and dragons fascinated me, partly because of the mystique of spells and magic and elves and dragons and . . . SWORDS. But equally because of the way that guy wrote the rulebooks. I remember so many words that I had no idea what they meant, and having to look them up. It seemed like every paragraph he was using some new fancy words for things, and I just got addicted to it. I played off and on with friends, but mostly found their abilities to bring their characters to life very unfullfilling. Instead, I read the rules, and enjoyed learning and expanding my vocabulary (and other skills) in the name of that "game". After gygax left, the books just weren't the same to me. I read many during the 2nd edition days, but largely, the style of writing that had drawn me in so close was . . . gone.

Interesting. I wonder if I would be as good of a reader or have a halfway decent vocabularly if I had never found D&D and AD&D.

Anyways, I for one salue the man.

03-05-2008, 05:06 PM	#1
formobilagsw Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 539 Senior Member	Gary Gygax is dead He died at "level' (age) 69. Man, that guy is probably 90% responsible for any and all words I know that are more than two syllables, and many that are 1-2 syllables! For some reason, as a young boy of 7 or 8, the world of dungeons and dragons fascinated me, partly because of the mystique of spells and magic and elves and dragons and . . . SWORDS. But equally because of the way that guy wrote the rulebooks. I remember so many words that I had no idea what they meant, and having to look them up. It seemed like every paragraph he was using some new fancy words for things, and I just got addicted to it. I played off and on with friends, but mostly found their abilities to bring their characters to life very unfullfilling. Instead, I read the rules, and enjoyed learning and expanding my vocabulary (and other skills) in the name of that "game". After gygax left, the books just weren't the same to me. I read many during the 2nd edition days, but largely, the style of writing that had drawn me in so close was . . . gone. Interesting. I wonder if I would be as good of a reader or have a halfway decent vocabularly if I had never found D&D and AD&D. Anyways, I for one salue the man.
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