Dungeons and Dragons (A Gygax look back)

[darksnowman]

"We may have lost D&D creator Gary Gygax this week, but we'll always have his legacy."

 

This week, the gaming universe -- and anybody that cherishes the creativity of the human spirit -- mourned the loss of Gary Gygax. Gygax is best known as the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, a role-playing game phenomenon that has thrived for over three decades.

 

There's no need for a Venn diagram to recognize the serious crossover audience for videogame fans and Dungeons & Dragons fans. Both mediums -- videogames and pen-and-paper games -- are about the wonder of escape. Thanks to the inability to replicate lifelike scenarios, the earliest videogames were pure fantasy that relied on massive leaps of imagination. And that held true for D&D gamers, required to conjure up battles with dragons in their collective imaginations while trafficking in character sheets and twenty-sided die. So, it's no surprise that the Dungeons & Dragons universe has served as inspiration for a number of videogames, dating all the way back to 1982's Advanced Dungeons & Dragons for the Intellivision.

 

http://uk.retro.ign.com/articles/857/857143p3.html

 

IGN Retro have this feature up which includes a look back at some games Gary Gygax was responsible for:

 

Advanced Dungeons and Dragons

Pool of Radiance

Heroes of the Lance

Curse of the Azure Bonds

War of the Lance

DragonStrike

Eye of the Beholder

Neverwinter Nights

Warriors of the Eternal Sun

Treasures of the Savage Frontier

Stronghold

Ravenloft: Stone Prophet

Deathkeep

Shadows of Mystara

Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft

Baldurs Gate

 

Also got this four and a half minute piece on Gametrailers:

 

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/10287.html

 

IGNs is worth a read and GTs is worth a watch so get to it and lets hear your D&D experiences!