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Gary Gygax: 0 HP

I’ll have you young whippersnappers know that I only played the first edition of AD&D, the One True Version of the game.

E. Gary Gygax, who as co-creator of the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game, died this morning at the age of 69 at his home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. As a former dungeon master, I feel the urge to get some mead and pour 2d20 ounces on the ground outside the former Yonge Street location of Mr. Gameway’s Ark for my dead homie.

Requiescat in pace, Gary. You were a natural 20.

Joey deVilla

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  • What was the name of that gaming store on Yonge St south of Bloor back around 1980? Was always envious of the older guys who could afford those little figurines.

  • @MV: That was the flagship store of Mr. Gameway's Ark (there was at least one other store -- I recall there being one on Mt. Pleasant).

  • Mr. Gameway's Ark. [air rushing out of lungs] It's been decades since I've thought of that place.

    I just gave all of my old D&D gear to http://www.exhausticated.com's Christie St. Martin.

    Now I'm feeling a little bummed about that.

    Tomb of Horrors. Now that was a great dungeon.

    R.I.P, Gary. Go cast magic missle....at the darkness!

  • mr. gameways was my childhood best friends' parents store... we spent hours just running around..

    they had an exact replica of the enterprise bridge overlooking the stores 2 stories....

    that shit was inspirational!

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