Senryū Thirty-Three. Dungeons & Dragons

Half-Elf, Half-Dwarf,

Double-Plus Good, Billionth Level,

Thief/Mage/Paladin

Gary Gygax, Game Pioneer, Dies at 69

By SETH SCHIESEL

Published: March 5, 2008

Gary Gygax, a pioneer of the imagination who transported a fantasy realm of wizards, goblins and elves onto millions of kitchen tables around the world through the game he helped create, Dungeons & Dragons, died Tuesday at his home in Lake Geneva, Wis. He was 69.