Gary Gygax, who died yesterday at 69, was the ultimate dungeon master. Together with a friend, Dave Arneson, Gygax developed the groundbreaking role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, which spread to ...

In 1966, Gary Gygax, an insurance underwriter living in Lake Geneva, Wis., placed a notice in the “Opponents Wanted” section of the Avalon Hill General, the in-house promotional magazine of ...

Here are just a few. The Lake Geneva house where Dungeons & Dragons was born At 330 Center St., fans can see the house that Gary and Mary Jo Gygax moved into with their kids in 1966.

Uncover the Wisconsin origins of Dungeons and Dragons. When Gary Gygax was writing the rules for a new wargame-inspired game in his Lake Geneva basement, he probably didn’t know the game would ...