Gary Gygax

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Ernest Gary Gygax (born July 27 1938, son of a Swiss immigrant father from Chicago, Illinois and an American mother whose family came to the USA in c. 1642.) is best known as the author of the well known fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D); co-created with Dave Arneson and co-published with Don Kaye in 1974 under the company TSR.

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His gaming experiences began at the age of five and six with playing pinochle and chess (taught by his mother and brother respectively mid 1940s) as well as early developments of what is now considered to be live action role-playing together with Jim Rasch as referee/game master, John Rasch and Don Kaye as fellow participants. At about the same time Gary began educating himself in Sci-Fi novels with Ray Bradbury's The Veldt in Bluebook and Robert E. Howard?s Conan the Conqueror.

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