Whether or not you are a gamer, there’s no question that the game Dungeons & Dragons has affected all manner of geekery. D&D pioneered the role-playing genre, the idea of “leveling up,” and helped legitimize fantasy and science fiction not only as books to read, but worlds to inhabit. Fandom is forever grateful to D&D’s co-creators, Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.
Or it should be.
July 27th would have been Gygax’s 73rd birthday. Folks have been working to immortalize his legacy and the impact of D&D by building a memorial statue in Gygax’s hometown of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. The next step is to raise money. This coming week at Gen Con in Indianapolis (the now massive gaming convention that Gygax founded), using the birthday as the impetus, the Gygax Memorial Fund will be at booth #1541 (the Old School Renaissance Group) to accept donations to get this statue built.
Come by and give it up for Gary!