Gary Gygax
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Gary Gygax
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Ernest Gary Gygax was an American game designer and author best known for co-creating the pioneering tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) with Dave Arneson. In the 1960s, Gygax created an organization of wargaming clubs and founded the Gen Con gaming convention. In 1971, he co-developed Chainmail, a miniatures wargame based on medieval warfare with Jeff Perren. He co-founded the company Tactical Studies Rules with childhood friend Don Kaye in 1973. The next year, he and Dave Arnes
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American game designer and author (1938–2008)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gygax
date created:
2001-11-18T04:40:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T20:53:29Z
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