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Chaosium founder Greg Stafford was named the 2025 recipient of the E. Gary Gygax Lifetime Achievement Award today.
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The award, named after the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, E. Gary Gygax, and presented annually at Gary Con, recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the gaming industry.
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Considered one of the most innovative and influential game designers of all time, Greg Stafford (pictured above at Gen Con 2018) passed away in October 2018. Chaosium, the company he founded in 1975, turns 50 this year.
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The award was presented by Gary Con CEO Luke Gygax to Chaosium’s Jeff Richard on Greg’s behalf. Jeff Richard said, “Short of Gary Gygax himself no one else is so worthy of that recognition. Thank you Luke Gygax and Gary Con.”
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Award Photo: Andrew “Doc” Cowie.
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About Chaosium
The Chaosium was founded by visionary game designer Greg Stafford in 1975. For the past half-century Chaosium has captivated gamers, readers and mythic adventurers worldwide, with our award-winning roleplaying games, board games, and fiction being praised as being some of the most engaging and innovative of all time.
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About Gary Con
Gary Con is an annual game convention celebrating the life and works of Gary Gygax, the Father of Role Playing Games. We do this by doing what he loved so much in life—playing games!
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