D & D

It is kind of strange to hear that Gary Gygax, co-creator of the original Dungeons and Dragons, has died. I haven't played the game in years (since I was a teenager) and yet I still remember the hold that the game had on my imagination at one time. Somehow, with some paper and a few dice, you could create whole universes, and live in them. Amazing, even now. I grew up and out of the game, did other things in life, yet I still remember those times as forming an important part of my imaginative self.

Role-playing games have gotten pretty slick now, but in the rush to create amazing graphics often the imaginative part doesn't get the credit or attention that it deserves. Sometimes one just hankers for a few sheets of paper and some dice.

Gary, wherever you are, thank you.