Mourning the ‘nerd king’

Gary Gygax, who co-created the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons, has died, said Peter Hartlaub in the San Francisco Chronicle, and what a "mournful" time for D&D fans. "Our nerd king has fallen." Deep down we knew "D&#038

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Gary Gygax, who co-created the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons, died this week at his Wisconsin home. Gygax and Dave Arneson developed the game in 1974. It became known as the quintessential geek pastime, and its medieval characters and mythical creatures inspired a booming genre of computer games. (AP in Newsday)

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