Gary Gygax, the co-creator of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, died earlier today. God only knows how many hours I’ve spent playing his game over the years. Many of the tropes he introduced through Castle Greyhawk and the now-iconic characters from his early campaigns are planted in the fertile imaginations of millions of people around the world, young and old. I raise my Bigby’s Interposing Hand in salute, old man.
It kind of sucks that just when I am getting into gaming the guy that father the whole concept has to pass… RIP!
At my local gaming store we observed 1d4+1 moments of silence. The staffer rolled a three, and everybody in the joint just kinda stopped talking. Then we discussed precisely how long a “moment” is supposed to be, anyway, and whether it was long enough to allow a move action.