E. Gary Gygax
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Gary Gygax
Moby ID: 44862
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Gary Gygax was a game designer and author best known as a creator of the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) which was co-written with Dave Arneson. The game was originally published by Tactical Studies Rules (TSR, Inc.), founded by Gygax and Don Kaye in 1973. It significantly influenced many first person shooter, strategy and role-playing video games with some being directly based on D&D including Baldur's Gate and Dungeons & Dragons Online. Gygax provided voiceover narration as a guest Dungeon Master in the latter game.
Gygax had started development of a computer game entitled Lejendary Adventures in 1996 but it was never finished and the game ended up being released as a tabletop game instead.
Credited on 12 games
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| Baldur's Gate III (2020, Windows) | In remembrance of |
| Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar (2017, Windows) | Dedications |
| EverQuest: Empires of Kunark (2016, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Neverwinter (2013, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited (2009, Windows) | The original Dungeons & Dragons® rules created by |
| Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir (2008, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Age of Fable (2006, Browser) | The gods in the pyramid are based on Lolth from D&D, by |
| Journey to the Center of the Earth (2003, Windows) | #1 |
| Diablo II (Collector's Edition) (2000, Windows) | Based on the original D&D game by |
| Ancient Domains of Mystery (1996, Windows) | Dedication |
| Evasive Maneuvers (1994, DOS) | We'd like to thank everyone who made this game possible: |
| Zork (1987, DOS) | also inspired by the Dungeons and Dragons game of |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 5 games with Dave Arneson
- 3 games with Bill Slavicsek
- 3 games with Chris McQuinn
- 3 games with Robert Ervin Howard
- 2 games with Tobias Seltsam
- 2 games with Michael Callahan
- 2 games with Jason Gates
- 2 games with Mark Blecher
- 2 games with Neal Moody
- 2 games with Andrew Finch
Companies
- 4 games with Valve Corporation
- 2 games with Original Force, Ltd.
- 2 games with GOG Poland Sp. z o.o.
- 2 games with Atari, Inc.
- 1 game with Frogwares Game Development Studio
- 1 game with PitStop Productions Ltd
- 1 game with Micro Application, S.A.
- 1 game with Larian Studios NV
- 1 game with Golden Era Games
- 1 game with Keywords Studios...
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