The word around the internets is that Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons & Dragons, passed away this morning. I spent much of my teenage years happily immersed in D&D.
I can’t tell you how many nights Sarah and Kim and Molly and I stayed up until dawn, working our way through Ravenloft or Greyhawk or hack’n'slash-ing through the Tomb of Horrors, drinking Coke and eating M&Ms until we were sick, then crashing in our sleeping bags on the living room floor and sleeping till midafternoon. Good times, good times.
I still have all my dragon dice. I keep them in my desk drawer. For some reason I’ve never been able to simply store them away in the attic with my other souvenirs of childhood.
I’ve been reminiscing today myself. And I found a link to a fantastic article/profile in the Believer here: http://www.believermag.com/issues/200609/?read=article_lafarge#return13