La revista "Sync" puso a Gary Gygax en el puesto #1 de los “50 mayores "freakies" de todos los tiempos”: "Cocreator of Dungeons & Dragons and father of role-playing games.Defining nerd moment: With a last name that sounds like a barbarian warrior from space, is it any wonder this guy invented the 20-sided die? Between 1977 and 1979, Gygax released Advanced Dungeons & Dragons for advanced dorks, taking the cult phenomenon to new heights whilst giving himself a +5 salary of lordly might." (2004)