The Torrencians

D&D Creator Dies at age 69

I started playing D&D back in the late 70's/early 80's. Pretty much played it heavily through high school and into college.

Wow, RIP Gary. Sad that he died relatively early.

playing with like... your own dice and stuff and paper sounds...really...really...boring.

Playing with dice and paper does sound boring to me, too. Good thing the D&D system Gygax designed depended so much on imagination, interaction between people, story-telling, and interesting fun stuff like that!

luckily i got gw to imagine stuff for me!(?)

Here's another comparison, the difference between reading a book and watching a movie about a book...watching the movie may be the easy way to do it and requires no imagination and you see what the creator of the movie themself imagined and wanted you to see. Also, they are limited in what they can show you due to budgetary constraints. Reading the book is infinitely more rewarding, your imagination can help you see things that are far more fantastic and vivid than any movie can show you.

Similarly the events that you can encounter in a D&D session played on paper in person with your friends can't be compared to any video game. The only limit is your imagination.

Gary Gygax was a visionary and a genius. There aren't too many people like him in this world, especially nowadays I can tell you...

imagining...sounds like-work