Luke Gygax is an American

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, and entrepreneur in the fantasy and dieselpunk genres, best known as the son of

Gary Gygax Ernest Gary Gygax ( ; July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008) 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 creat ...

and for founding the annual Gary Con gaming convention.

Contributions to the gaming industry

Gygax created the world of Okkorim based on inspiration from his military service in Iraq and visits to Morocco, where he met his wife Bouchra. The world of Okkorim was initially a lush world full of resources, where one society rose to the top and controlled the land, until it eventually toppled and the land became blighted. Gygax's "The Fate of Chentoufi" Kickstarter raised almost $22,000 in its first three days. He went on to create the ''Oculus of Senrahbah'' series, a 5th edition ''

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical ...

'' (''D&D'') adventure series set in the world of Okkorim. Additionally, Gygax contributed as a special guest writer for the Bardsung dungeon-crawling adventure. Gygax is launching the "Strange & Grim" RPG setting with Matt Everhart. He also created the publishing company Gaxx Worx. Gygax founded Gary Con, an annual gaming convention held in

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, in 2009 in honor of

who was known as the "father of role-playing games". Gygax also contributes as the host of Founders & Legends on the Gary Con Twitch channel. Less well-known works of Gygax's are the design of the Bullywug monster, and the character Melf, after whom two official D&D spells (Melf's Acid Arrows & Melf's Minute Meteors) are named.

Career

Gygax is the producer for the Gaxx Pack, a D&D game streamed to Twitch and run by Jason Charles Miller as the Game Master. He also participates in streaming D&D games, interviews, and is active in the Los Angeles gaming community. Gygax is not involved with the new TSR Games. Gygax served in the

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for over 33 years, having enlisted at the age of 18. He held positions in the Army Reserves and

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Personal life

He was born Lucion Gygax, in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, to

and Mary Jo Powell. He has one brother and three sisters. Gygax is married and has three children. Gygax literally "grew up at the gaming table with the designers that built the foundation of the RPG industry".

Publications

Gygax co-authored ''The Eye of Chentoufi'' and ''The Heart of Chentoufi'' with Matt Everhart. Gygax also co-authored the roleplaying modules '' Legion of Gold'' and ''The Lost City of Gaxmoor''.

References

External links

Gary ConGaxx Worx
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