Gary Gygax

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Ernest Gary Gygax (born July 27 1938 in Chicago, Illinois) is best known as the author of the well known fantasy role-playing game Dungeons &amp; Dragons (D&amp;D), co-created with Dave Arneson and co-published with Don Kaye in 1974 under the company Tactical Studies Rules. Although not alone in contributing to the origins of the industry, Gygax is sometimes described as the father of the role-playing game.<p>Gygax is the son of a Swiss immigrant father and an American mother. His gaming experiences began at the age of five and six with playing pinochle and chess as well as the usual pretend games of any child that could be likened to live action role-playing together with Jim Rasch as referee/game master, John Rasch and Don Kaye as fellow participants. At about the same time Gary began educating himself in science fiction novels with Ray Bradbury's The Veldt in Bluebook and Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Conqueror. <p>It was in 1953 that Gary Gygax first started playing miniature war...