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

~ Gary Gygax

Gary Gygax Dnd Dragons Dungeons Rpgs

When AI approximates Machine Intelligence, then many online and computer-run RPGs will move towards actual RPG activity. Nonetheless, that will not replace the experience of 'being there,' any more than seeing a theatrical motion picture can replace the stage play.

~ Gary Gygax

Gary Gygax Experience Picture Play

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

~ Gary Gygax

Gary Gygax Life Random Part

There is no winning or losing, but rather the value is in the experience of imagining yourself as a character in whatever genre you're involved in, whether it's a fantasy game, the Wild West, secret agents or whatever else. You get to sort of vicariously experience those things.

~ Gary Gygax

Gary Gygax Character Winning Value