Gary Gygax

“A DM only rolls the dice because of the noise they make.”

“The worthy GM never purposely kills players' PCs... He presents opportunities for the rash and unthinking players to do that all on their own.”

“I would like the world to remember me as the guy who really enjoyed playing games and sharing them with others.”

“There's a call to adventure. It's something in the inner psyche of humanity, particularly males.”

“Random chance plays a huge part in everybody's life.”

“The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules.”

“Life is a game. We are the pawns.”

“The essence of a role-playing game is that it is a group, cooperative experience.”

“Games give you a chance to excel, and if you're playing in good company you don't even mind if you lose because you had the enjoyment of the company during the course of the game.”

“The imagination is the limit to what you can do in D&D.”

“Gaming in general is a male thing. It isn't that gaming is designed to exclude women. Everybody who's tried to design a game to interest a large female audience has failed.”