So Long, Gary

March 5, 2008 | 13 comments

Gary Gygax, the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons and father of the role-playing game, passed away yesterday at the age of 69. Without Gygax's brilliance games like Final Fantasy, Dragonquest and World of Warcraft would have never existed. Dungeons & Dragons is the true foundation of all modern role-playing games. So thank you Gary. Without you our gaming world would have been a lot less fun.

For this comic, I decided to go for true D&D joke. In fact, a friend of mine who has forgotten more about D&D than I've ever learned was like "huh... I didn't know that" after I explained it.

So why was it ironic that Satan was using the 2nd Edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rulebook? Because all mentions of demons and devils were removed from this edition to appease Christian zealots who were attacking D&D for Satan worshiping and such at the time. And now you know.

Ernest Gary Gygax (July 27, 1938 - March 4, 2008)

[edit] I wanted to include some of the other webcomic tributes to Mr. Gygax. [/edit]
Dork Tower
Exiern
Full Frontal Nerdity
GU Comics
Order of the Stick
Penny Arcade
Weregeek
xkcd

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