I first encountered Gary Gygax when he and Jeff Perrin, of Rockford Illinois, co-wrote and published a set of rules called chainmail. In the back section of the book there was a fantasy section for incorporating fantasy into medieval games. I believ this was a test pilot for D&D, The rules were very interesting and easy to play. I remember going to Lake Geneva and sitting in Gary's basement next to the old furnace where he had his office and talking about fantasy. At the time he was making pencil corrections in the first run of dungeon and dragons booklets, the original 3 in a box, someone else, I believe it was one of his daughters was pasting the labels on the boxes they were put in. Gary was a very interesting and talented man. His passing is a loss to his family, the gaming community and the world at large. My condolences to his son Ernie and his daughters. steveb