I kind of let the news of Gary Gygax’s passing pass on by. Although I draw a comic hosted on one of the most popular roll playing game sites on the net, my connection to Dungeons and Dragons is cursory at best. Played a little in elementary school and then tried to get a game together in college (warning, if one of your players is having woman problems, chances are your game time will become armchair counseling time).

I do remember my brother and I taking each other through our own adventures. Clearly inspired by D&D, we would take turns playing the Dungeon Master while the other would try to survive the convoluted situations we’d come up for each other. We didn’t restrict our realms to fantasy. Often, our adventures would take place in space in some futuristic time with battle armor and giant war ships. Hmm… I guess my connection to D&D wasn’t so cursory after all.

I think Penny Arcade’s tribute is one of the best I’ve seen which is the whole purpose of this post. Sure, it’s another in a whole gogolplex of puns that can be made of the father of D&D. But Gabe’s piece really has a sense of reverence.

Anyway, if you have any fond memories of D&D you’d like to share, please feel free.

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