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Gygax's friends and family held an impromptu game event at Lake Geneva's American Legion Hall following his funeral on March 8, 2008, now known as "Gary Con 0," [2] [4] By 2009, son Luke Gygax had established the first official Gary Con, still at the Legion Hall. "Gary Con I," held March 7, 2009, was attended by a number of gaming industry ...
Gary Con – Lake Geneva, Wisconsin in March; Gen Con – Indianapolis, Indiana in July/August; Marcon – Columbus, Ohio on Mother's Day weekend; Marmalade Dog – Kalamazoo, Michigan in the first quarter; Midwest Gaming Classic – Milwaukee, Wisconsin in April; Origins Game Fair – Columbus, Ohio in late June; Penguicon – Troy, Michigan ...
Luke founded Gary Con, an annual gaming convention held in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, in 2009 in honor of Gary Gygax who was known as the "father of role-playing games". [9] Luke also contributes as the host of Founders & Legends on the Gary Con Twitch channel.
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Ernest Gary Gygax (/ ˈ ɡ aɪ ɡ æ k s / GHY-gaks; July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008) [2] was an American game designer and author best known for co-creating the pioneering tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) with Dave Arneson. In the 1960s, Gygax created an organization of wargaming clubs and founded the Gen Con tabletop
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Chainmail is a medieval miniature wargame created by Gary Gygax and Jeff Perren.Gygax developed the core medieval system of the game by expanding on rules authored by his fellow Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association (LGTSA) member Jeff Perren, a hobby-shop owner with whom he had become friendly.
TSR continued to own and operate the Gen Con role-playing game convention. Gen Con grew beyond its initial focus on D&D and wargames to role-playing fans in general. Gen Con was a growing and successful convention; in 1992, it broke every previous record for attendance to game conventions in the United States, with over 18,000 attendees.