Father of RPGs to be Honored with Memorial

Oct 18, 2013

Wizards of the Coast continues it’s work to help Gail Gygax memorialize her husband Gary – who most of us consider one of the true fathers of roleplaying games – with a statue in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. The development continues and you can read more of Gail’s thoughts here. Of course visitors to TGG already know about the premium 1st edition Dungeons & Dragons reprints as they are fantastic tomes any gamer should add to their collection; even if you don’t play D&D the volumes are a must have!

From WotC:

In 1974, the world changed forever when Gary Gygax introduced the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. The legacy of his innovative ideas continues to influence games to this day, forty years later. As Wizards of the Coast prepares to celebrate the 40^th anniversary of the brand in 2014, the “Father of Roleplaying Games” will be honored with a memorial statue in his hometown of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin via a partnership between Wizards of the Coast and the Gygax Memorial Fund.

To further honor the memory and work of Gygax, Wizards of the Coast created limited edition premium-covered reprints of his original three Dungeons & Dragons tomes that were released over the course of the last year. A portion of the proceeds from the sales of these monumental books was set aside as a donation to the Gygax Memorial Fund, in addition to a sizeable contribution from Wizards of the Coast to help further the development of the memorial.

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