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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 61. Chapters: Gary Gygax, Ian Livingstone, Dave Arneson, Paul Jaquays, Jeff Grubb, Tracy Hickman, Aaron S. Rosenberg, Lenard Lakofka, Frank Mentzer, Ed Greenwood, Warren Spector, Rich Burlew, Charles Stross, Rodney Thompson, Nigel Findley, Douglas Niles, Stan!, Bruce Cordell, Andy Collins, Tim Kask, David Cook, Richard Baker, Brian Blume, Steve Winter, Jean Rabe, Peter Adkison, Robin Laws, Monte Cook, Michael Breault, Roger E. Moore, Kim Mohan, Katharine Kerr, Angel Leigh McCoy, Aaron Allston, Keith Baker, John Eric Holmes, Bill Slavicsek, Wolfgang Baur, Troy Denning, Robert J. Kuntz, Jim Ward, Rob Heinsoo, Michael Dobson, Jon Pickens, Robert J. Schwalb, James Wyatt, Ken Rolston, J. Robert King, Bruce Heard, Harold Johnson, David Noonan, Carl Sargent, Paul Reiche III, Sean K. Reynolds, Colin McComb, Skip Williams, Francois Marcela-Froideval, Brian R. James, Allen Varney, Sue Weinlein Cook, Mike Carr, Trampas Whiteman, Rick Krebs, Anne Gray McCready, Erik Mona, Tom Moldvay, Jonathan Tweet, Chris Pramas, James Jacobs, Patrick Lucien Price, Steven Schend, Anthony J. Bryant, John D. Rateliff, Steve Miller, John Rogers, Dean Shomshak, Barbara G. Young, Steve Perrin, Miranda Horner, Owen K.C. Stephens, Ray Winninger, Christopher Kubasik, Timothy Brown, Mike Pondsmith, Mike Mearls, Jason Carl, Mike Selinker, Frederick Weining, Jason Bulmahn, Ann Dupuis, Shane Lacy Hensley, John Snead, Brian Campbell, Julia Martin, Gary Holian, Anne Brown, Greg A. Vaughan. Excerpt: Ernest Gary Gygax (July 27, 1938 - March 4, 2008; last name pronounced ) was an American writer and game designer best known for co-creating the pioneering role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) with Dave Arneson. Gygax is generally acknowledged as the father of role-playing games. In the 1960s, Gygax created an organization of wargaming clubs and founded the Gen Con gamin...