Tuesday, March 04, 2008
 
Sad Day for a Wisconsin Boy
Brett Favre Set to Retire After 17 Years.
Report: Gary Gygax, 'Father of D&D,' Dies at 69.

Seriously. What's left for a Wisconsin boy? Governor Doyle and high tax rates? The Aaron "Mr. Glass" Rodgers era in Packers football?

You know, I once met Gary Gygax when GenCon was still in Milwaukee, as nature intended it. It was after TSR sued Game Designers Workshop into oblivion for including trademarked properties like elves and hit rolls into the Dangerous Journeys system. Gygax looked like an old biker and regaled me and a couple of friends with some stories about another system he was developing and some weird role-playing anecdote about carnivorous trees.

I never met Brett Favre, though, and I actually foolishly turned down a chance to see him play the last year. However, I think that the conversations would have been similar.


- posted by Brian J. @ 12:50 PM
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