Happy Gary Gygax day!

[Xgya]

He would have been 85 today.
I figured I'd post this in the new forums now that the old ones are gone.

There is an empty chair,
at the table this day.
A hallowed place where,
a friend once played.
The roll of his dice,
my ears long to hear.
Or perhaps it would suffice,
if he should suddenly appear.
With character sheet in hand,
and a bag of Cheeze-doodles to share.
All his friends would stand,
as he sat in the empty chair.
I hear his voice a-callin’,
and it ties my heart in a knot.
For he cries, “Though a comrade has fallen,
You must play for those who cannot.”
We conquered worlds on the run,
he and I in the name of fun.
And as others may come and go,
I make both both friend and foe.
But what I long for most,
is our past now long a ghost.
~By Jolly Blackburn

 

[Dandonk]

"The worthy GM never purposely kills players' PCs. He presents opportunities for the rash and unthinking players to do that all on their own."

Good old Gygax