今天，遊戲基地帶來了一則很不幸的消息，喜歡《龍與地下城》的玩家都知道，現在市面上所有的 RPG 題材遊戲，凡是與「RPG」掛上關係的遊戲，都是受到《龍與地下城》影響深邃的結果，從一開始的幻想，最後慢慢演變至今成為了遊戲的大類型。

　　或許對年輕一輩的玩家來說，「RPG」只不過就是他們所認知的「角色扮演遊戲」，他們可能甚至連《龍與地下城》都沒聽說過，但是今天這則新聞就是希望能告訴玩家，你們現在所在玩的知名「RPG」線上遊戲，例如《魔獸世界》與《天堂》等等之類‧‧‧都是靠這位號稱「RPG之父」的「Gary Gygax」的創造，今日的遊戲類型才有別於其他不同的遊戲，沒有他，我們就玩不到如此深植人心的角色扮演遊戲。

　　Gary Gygax 先生享年 69 歲，於 2008 年 3 月 4 日病逝，死因為心臟病病發。雖然他已逝世，但他所遺留下來的貢獻，將繼續在遊戲上發揚光大，直到永遠。

Gary Gygax, 'Father of D&D,' Dies at 69

By Lore Sjoberg March 04, 2008 | 1:43:14 PMCategories: Current Affairs

Gary Gygax, one of the co-creators of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, according to Stephen Chenault, CEO of Troll Lord Games.

Gygax designed the original D&D game with Dave Arneson in 1974, and went on to create the Dangerous Journeys and Lejendary Adventure RPGs, as well as a number of board games. He also wrote several fantasy novels.

"I don't think I've really grokked it yet," said Mike Mearls, the lead developer of the upcoming 4th edition of Dungeons and Dragons. "He was like the cool uncle that every gamer had. He shaped an entire generation of gamers."

Gygax was not directly involved with Dungeons & Dragons after 1985, and his relationship with his former company, TSR Inc., was not friendly at first. The company sued him over his competing game Dangerous Journeys, and in a 2004 interview with GameSpy he stated that he was "pleased to say" that he thought the cost of the suit and settlement drove TSR to sell the rights to the game.
While reportedly unimpressed with the current edition of the Dungeons and Dragons game, he created adventures and settings that could be used with it, which were published by Troll Lord Games.

Gygax went well beyond the role of game developer and became an icon to gamers, appearing as himself in episodes of Futurama and Code Monkeys and participating in discussions on roleplaying-related message boards.

Gygax had been in poor health for some time, according to his wife Gail. Chenault says he will publish more information, including funeral arrangements, on the Troll Lord message board as it becomes available.

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http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/03/report-gary-gyg.html

願他的靈魂平息，希望遊戲產業的人，都能延續Gary Gygas的精神繼續努力下去。

願他能在天主的懷抱裡阿門

願永恆經典的傳奇永不結束...

任何狂信的衛道者都無法抹滅您的榮光

真難過....影響我遊戲生涯一生的人..

嗯...一路好走

安息吧...... 你的精神永遠存在的~

安心的去巴-------不會忘記你的

我不認識您~但是感謝您創造了D&D的世界~

安心上路 謝謝您對這個世界的貢獻

~_~ 說不定以後天堂也有RPG遊戲可以玩~