Based on creative storytelling, fantasy characters and player role-playing, the game was a radical departure from the traditional board game. Since its introduction in , the game has been played by generations of loyal fans, and is enjoying a recent surge in popularity with gamers of all ages connecting to play in person and online.
In this 50th anniversary year of the pioneering game, Lake Geneva is celebrating the milestone with an array of new experiences and tributes to mark the occasion. Gary Gygax was born in Chicago and moved to Lake Geneva with his family in at the age of 7.
Throughout his childhood here, he developed a love of fantasy and science fiction literature. Gygax was a visionary whose ambition to share his love of games, science fiction and fantasy would lead him along a path to create a game that would change the world. What began as a humble enterprise turned into a worldwide phenomenon with an estimated 50 million people having played the game since it was created.
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