In game-like fashion, then the news of the passing of Gary Gygax should have been at least something you took note of.

For those of you that have gotten your RPG on but don’t know much about the man, he’s the co-father of Dungeons and Dragons, the concept of leveling, gear that makes you different and the reason there’s an industry that designs and produces dice.  Everything from dimly lit basements full of Cheetos and Mountain Dew to the online saga that is World of Warcraft were by products of his creation.

Yeah, so?  Well, that’s fair.  Dungeons and Dragons has never been a well-accepted social escape.  It’s had its share of bad press, calling in the hounds like the modern day Rockstar Games does.   Everything from Ritualism and Satanism, murder and brainwashing has been pinned on the simple pen-and-paper board game and I could spend hours on how giving items living, breathing moral accountability is ridiculous.  However, that’s neither here nor there.

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