[QUOTE=Tricky;168503]Wow, this has not been a good year for old school gameing, has it.
Erick Wujick is dying, and Gary Gygax, who could be considered intellectual father to the industry, has passed.
D&D was my first toe into the gaming waters; I bought some books before I even really understood the game. Then that Boxed Basic set (I bought it in the "Toys and Games" section of a hardware store!) Helped me make sense of it all.
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Bob Bledsaw, Judges Guild's President, is terminal ill, too. Judge Guild was an early third party publisher of D&D license products.
Ay.. The Basic Box Sets.. Check out the OD&D Guild as there are still proponents of that version of D&D. (see my sig).