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Awards and honors

Gary Gygax received several awards related to gaming,1 including the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design Origins Award Hall of Fame 1980.2

Sync Magazine named Gygax #1 on the list of "The 50 Biggest Nerds of All Time".3 SFX Magazine listed him as #37 on the list of the "50 Greatest SF Pioneers".4 In 1999 Pyramid magazine named Gary Gygax as one of The Millennium's Most Influential Persons "in the realm of adventure gaming."5 Gygax was tied with J. R. R. Tolkien for #18 on GameSpy's 30 Most Influential People in Gaming.6

  • 1. Gygax, Gary. Long Biography of E(rnest) Gary Gygax (revision 6-05), ©2005
  • 2. Hall of Fame". Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts &Design. Archived from the original on 2008-03-29. Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
  • 3. "The 50 Biggest Nerds of All Time". Sync. December 2004-January 2005. "Number 1: Gary Gygax: Cocreator of Dungeons & Dragons and father of role-playing games. ... Between 1977 and 1979, Gygax released Advanced Dungeons & Dragons for advanced dorks, taking the cult phenomenon to new heights whilst giving himself a +5 salary of lordly might.".
  • 4. "50 Greatest SF Pioneers". SFX (128). March 2005.
  • 5. Haring, Scott D. (1999-12-24). "Second Sight: The Millennium's Best "Other" Game and The Millennium's Most Influential Person". Pyramid (online) (Steve Jackson Games). http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/l.... Retrieved on 15 February 2008.
  • 6. "GameSpy's 30 Most Influential People in Gaming". GameSpy publisher=IGN (March 2002). Archived from the original on 2008-10-04.

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About Ernest Gary Gygax

Gary Gygax at GenConBorn: July 27, 1938, Chicago, Illinois
Died: March 4, 2008 (aged 69), Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Occupation: Writer, game designer
Nationality: United States
Author: 1971–2008
Genres: Role-playing games, fantasy, wargames

Influences: J. R. R. Tolkien, Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt, Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson, A. Merritt, H. P. Lovecraft1, Jack Vance, Michael Moorcock.

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  • 1. Gygax, Gary (March 1985). "On the influence of J.R.R. Tolkien on the D&D and AD&D games". Dragon (95): 12–13. : "A careful examination of the games will quickly reveal that the major influences are Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson, A. Merritt, and H.P. Lovecraft."
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