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Today (July 27) is the birthday of Gary Gygax, who would have been 73 this year had he not passed from this earth in 2008 to dance forever on the astral plane, which (according to the DM's Guide) is a ...

The Examiner.com has reported and confirmed a rumor that's already been echoing through the dungeons of D&D talk: that a Gary Gygax biopic is in the works. Michael Tresca wrote: George Strayton ...

FOR most people, “role-playing” conjures up dreary afternoons at management retreats, pretending to be an irate customer or a difficult employee. But if you are under 45 and possibly something of a ...

“Transformers” producer Tom DeSanto has struck a deal with the estate of Gary Gygax — co-creator of “Dungeons & Dragons” — to oversee the Gygax catalog of published and unpublished works. The ...

Journalist and author David Kushner, best known for his book Masters of Doom, is adapting his 2008 profile of Gary Gygax into a graphic novel. Called Rise of the Dungeon Master and illustrated by ...

Back before DND had become the hit it is today, Gary Gygax and some friends were engaging in tactical miniature wargaming. At the time, these games often included rules and scenarios created by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I focus on the intersection of games and technology. With less than two days left to go on Kickstarter, The Dreams in Gary’s ...

Indie game company Fig announced today that the company has come to an agreement with The Gygax Trust to produce a series of video games based on the unpublished works of Dungeons & Dragons co-creator ...

Video games owe a great deal to Gary Gygax, the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons. In many ways, his game set foundations for the medium, and its mechanics and spirit branch out to all genres these ...

“Transformers” producer Tom DeSanto has struck a deal with the estate of Gary Gygax — co-creator of “Dungeons & Dragons” — to oversee the Gygax catalog of published and unpublished works. The ...

Ernest Gary Gygax, one of the creators of Dungeons and Dragons, passed away on Tuesday. I have avoided writing about his death because I didn’t want to fall into writing a long geek diatribe. But I ...