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Gary Gygax, a Rare card
Ernest Gary Gygax was an American game designer and author best known for co-creating the pioneering tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons with Dave Arneson.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 83
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 183
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 230,000
Power 183 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Gary Gygax quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Gary Gygax card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He co-founded the ______ TSR with childhood friend Don Kaye in 1973.
Answer
company. He co-founded the company TSR with childhood friend Don Kaye in 1973. From the Gary Gygax article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In the ____s, Gygax created an organization of wargaming clubs and founded the Gen Con tabletop game convention.
Answer
1960s. In the 1960s, Gygax created an organization of wargaming clubs and founded the Gen Con tabletop game convention. From the Gary Gygax article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- In the 1960s, Gygax created an organization of wargaming clubs and founded the Gen Con tabletop game convention.
- In 1971, he co-developed Chainmail, a miniatures wargame based on medieval warfare with Jeff Perren.
- He co-founded the company TSR with childhood friend Don Kaye in 1973.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Gary Gygax article was read about 230,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 83 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Gary Gygax (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Alan De Smet, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
