When I first blogged about Gary Gygax, back in 2008, I had
no idea that he was about to pass on from the world. Rather, I had this sudden,
and rather intense, passion—almost like a panic attack—to write about the older
times (I referred to it as “The Halcyon Days of RPG”). I think that I was on my
last leg at the time. Really, the time is sort of a blur to me now, but it was
around 2008 in the dead of winter when this terrible blizzard passed over the
northern hemisphere of the United States.
…
The day I sat at my computer to write about retro games,
role-playing games, and the halcyon days of collaborative story-telling, I had
no intention of selling a book or a game. In fact, being isolated in a small
cottage in Washington, the very
notion ever playing another game of Dungeons
and Dragons was nothing more than a far and distant memory. Never had it
crossed my mind that role-playing games were more popular than ever before.
Computer games, sure. I remember thinking, Paper-n-dice
games are something people just don’t do anymore.
In 2008, I named my first Blogger banner 9portals, the
halcyon days of role-play and fantasy-adventure! I wrote about my first
game of Dungeons and Dragons, and about the brother and sister living next door
who taught me how to play. It was a hot day in Arabia,
and that memory gave me some comfort as I sat shivering by the fireplace in a
small cottage in Washington. A blizzard was coming.
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