He loved all kinds
of games, including tabletop war games. In these games players controlled large armies of miniatures, acting
like generals. Gygax and his friends had fun acting out the personas of di?¬? erent pieces on the ba le?¬? eld
such as commanders, heroes, etc. He followed his inclination of what was fun and created a system for
ba ling small parties of miniatures in a game he called Chainmail. From there players wanted even more
control of and more character information about the individual units. They wanted to play the role of single
characters. Gygax, in conjunction with game designer Dave Arneson, developed an elaborate system for
role-playing characters that was eventually named Dungeons & Dragons. The D&D game system is the direct
ancestor of every paper-based and digital role-playing game since then. The system is directly evident in all
of today??™s RPGs including Diablo, Baldur??™s Gate, and World of Warcra .
Richard Garrio
Richard Garrio ??”aka ???Lord British?????”programmed his ?¬? rst game right out of high school in 1979. It was an
RPG called Akalabeth.
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