Gary Gygax

The essence of a role-playing game is that it is a group, cooperative experience. ↗

— Gary Gygax

#essence #experience #game #group

I foresee online gaming changing when there are good audio-visual links connecting the participants, thus approximating play in a face-to-face group. ↗

— Gary Gygax

#connecting #face-to-face #foresee #gaming #good

I hated school, didn't like the discipline. ↗

— Gary Gygax

#hated #i #like #school

I wasn't popular in the home office because I wasn't chicken. I'm just a risk taker. I have gut instincts. ↗

— Gary Gygax

#chicken #gut #home #i #instincts

I'm just a risk taker. I have gut instincts. ↗

— Gary Gygax

#i #instincts #just #risk #taker

Outside of the mindless sitcoms that the networks thrive on, people able to think generally consider most entertainment is escape in one form or another. ↗

— Gary Gygax

#another #consider #entertainment #escape #form

Random chance plays a huge part in everybody's life. ↗

— Gary Gygax

#everybody #huge #life #part #plays

Role-playing isn't storytelling. If the dungeon master is directing it, it's not a game. ↗

— Gary Gygax

#dungeon #game #master #storytelling

Somebody said they threw their copy of Dungeons and Dragons into the fire, and it screamed. It's a game! The magic spells in it are as real as the gold. Try retiring on that stuff. ↗

— Gary Gygax

#dragons #dungeons #fire #game #gold

The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules. ↗

— Gary Gygax

#know #need #never #rules #secret