Rolling the Twenty Sided Dice
Imaginary Worlds
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Gary Gygax: The Father of Role-Playing Games
Gary Gygax was a rules-like person in a lot of ways. He played D&D as if it were a wargame. Some nights, I showed up feeling stressed or depressed about what was going on in my life and playing D&D for three hours was really cathartic. By the end, I felt pure joy, like in the final round when we faced this ginormous red dragon.
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