Gary Gygax

Gary Gygax was an American game designer and author of reference, fantasy and science fiction books. He is best known for co-creating with Dave Arneson a role-playing game known as Dungeons & Dragons and also co-founding with Don Kaye a company known as Tactical Studies Rules (TSR, Inc). After quitting his role in TSR, Gary continued to create role-playing games independently including another popular gaming system known as Lejendary Adventure. He received more than ten awards and honors. He is remembered as the father of role-playing games and has received many honors, tributes, and awards related to gaming.Gary Gygax became a published author in 1978 when his first gamebook Monster Manual was published. The author went on and published more than twelve gaming books and contributed to Greyhawk series and Greyhawk: Gord, the Rogue. However, Gary’s notable works of literature was Dangerous Journeys series debuting in 1989 with The Anubis Murders and concluding in 1992 with The Necropolis.