Gary Gygax
Born
7/27/1938, Chicago, Illinois, USADied
3/4/2008Birth Name
Ernest Gary GygaxGender
MaleBiography
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Guest Star (1)
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Futurama
Himself
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S 2:
Ep 20
Anthology of Interest I
5/21/00
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S 2:
Ep 20
Anthology of Interest I
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Futurama
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Co-Producer (1)
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Dungeons & Dragons
Co-Producer
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S 3:
Ep 5
Cave of the Fairie Dragons
11/9/85
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S 3:
Ep 5
Cave of the Fairie Dragons
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Dungeons & Dragons
Trivia and Quotes
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Trivia
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Gary was of Caucasian descent.
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Gary practiced the Jehovah's Witness faith.
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Gary had been an active writer since 1974.
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Gary was a smoker.
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Gary's influences included Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt, Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson, A. Merritt, H. P. Lovecraft and Jack Vance.
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As of June 2005 until his death, Gary resided in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
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On Gamespy Magazine's countdown of "The 30 Most Influential People in Gaming" in March 2002, Gary tied with J. R. R. Tolkien for #18 spot.
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Sync Magazine named Gary #1 on the list of 'The 50 Biggest Nerds of All Time'.
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A strain of bacteria has been named in honor of Gary Gygax, namely "Arthronema gygaxiana sp nov UTCC393".
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Gary has been diagnosed with an inoperable abdominal aortic aneurysm.
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From 1986 to 1988 Gary served as Chairman of the Board of Directors for New Infinities Productions, Inc.
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As of March 13, 2003, Gary is listed under the entry Dungeons and Dragons in the Oxford English Dictionary.
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SFX Magazine listed Gary as #37 on the list of the "50 Greatest SF Pioneers".
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Quotes
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Gary: I'm very fond of the Medieval period, the Dark Ages in particular. We started playing in the period because I had found appropriate miniatures. I started devising rules where what the plastic figure was wearing was what he had. If he had a shield and no armor, then he just has a shield. Shields and half-armor = half-armor rules; full-armor figure = full armor rules. I did rules for weapons as well.
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Gary: I've been reading fantasy since 1950.
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Gary: 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.
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