A sad day for Role Playing

[Vandiablo]

Gary Gygax has passed

I must go fondle and kiss my pamphlets!

O, Book One! Worn so smooth! Your tables still excite me.
O, Book Two! What a menagerie!
O, Book Three! Oh to have mine own barony!
O, Greyhawk! You made everything more real!
O, Blackmoor! You taught me Orders can be fun!
O, Eldritch Wizardry! Nakedness and manacles, so naughty!
O, YE Gods, Demigods, and Heroes! Still a great read!
O, Swords and Spells! Miniatures, a ping pong table and thou!
O, Chainmail! You spawned the rest! Thank you thank you thank you!

*sob!*
Now I really am sad. Gygax was the common factor to all those books. I guess he really was a big influence on me. Would I have enjoyed Tolkien's stuff as much, if I had not already met dwarves, elves, and orcs while seeking adventure and treasure (and EP's) in a dangerous dungeon??

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