The Gygax Memorial Fund Cordially invites you to the dedication ceremony for the GEN CON FOUNDER STONE.

A stone laid at the entrance of Horticultural Hall, honoring Gary Gygax, founder of GEN CON, on the 55th Anniversary of the game convention.

The ceremony will be held on Thursday, August 24th, at 2 pm. Potions & Dragons will be served (refreshments and dragon-shaped cookies).

Invitees include Gygax family members, friends, former TSR employees, The City of Lake Geneva Mayor and other officials, press, fans, and the general public.

The dedication ceremony will take place in the City of Lake Geneva at the front entrance of Horticultural Hall, 330 Broad St.

The Gygax Memorial Fund cordially invites you to the dedication ceremony for a permanent exhibit at the Lake Geneva Public Library, the Gary Gygax Appendix N Alcove.

This is an alcove within the Library with a collection of over one hundred literary works that inspired Gary Gygax's design of Dungeons & Dragons, as delineated in the Appendix N of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Masters Guide book published in 1989, along with a throne-like reading chair like the one Gary Gygax had at Stone Manor in Lake Geneva where he wrote the books that made him a NY Times Best Selling author that he thought of as a magical item that he called the Throne of Reading.

The ceremony will be held on Thursday, August 10th, at 2 pm.
Potions & Dragons will be served (refreshments and dragon-shaped cookies).
Invitees include Gygax family members, friends, former TSR employees, The City of Lake Geneva Mayor and other officials, press, fans, and the general public.
The dedication ceremony will take place in the City of Lake Geneva at the Lake Geneva Public Library, 918 West Main St.

The Gygax Memorial Fund cordially invites you to the dedication ceremony of a new park bench dedicated in memory of E. Gary Gygax Co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons and NY Times Best Selling Author.

The ceremony will be held on Gary Gygax's birthday, Thursday, July 27th, at 2 pm.

Invitees include Gygax family members, friends, former TSR employees, The City of Lake Geneva Mayor and other officials, press, fans, and the general public

The park bench dedication site is located in the City of Lake Geneva at the far west end of Elm Park (aka, Library Park) right near The Shore Path.

The bench is located in the spot where Gary once sat, dreaming of one day living in Stone Manor and writing fantasy novels of his own. Gary realized this dream in the mid-1980s, living in the actual mansion and writing the fantasy books that would make him a NY Times Best Selling Author several times over.

Geneva Lake Museum, in partnership with the Gygax Memorial Funds Gygax Memorial Initiative, held The Wizard of Lake Geneva Exhibit Promotion from 2:30PM-11:00PM on March 22nd.

The event was attended by Geneva Lake Museum staff, Gail Gygax and Paul Stormberg from the Gygax Memorial Fund, Lake Geneva City Officials including Alderman Mary Jo Fesenmaier, and Stephanie Klett (President of Visit Lake Geneva), former TSR Hobbies employees, Gary’s son Luke Gygax, and film notables including Joe Manganiello and Pat Kilbane, with current industry notable Stefan Pokorny of Dwarven Forge, again running two Dungeons & Dragons game sessions for the attendees on the permanent exhibit game table donated by Hammered Game Tables.

For more information consult the Geneva Lake Museum Gygax Memorial Initiative.

Geneva Lake Museum, in partnership with the Gygax Memorial Funds Gygax Memorial Initiative, held a Gary Gygax Exhibit Promotion from 5:30PM-10:00PM on March 23rd.

The Exhibit, with a working title: A Legacy of Imagination: Gary Gygax & the Creation of a Culture, is set to open in March of 2023.

A blurb from the press release reads:

Gary Gygax (1947-2008) is a three-time New York Times best selling novelist, co-author of the game Dungeons & Dragons*, founder of North America's largest table-top gaming convention, GEN CON (originally Geneva Convention), and founder of the world's first role-playing game company, TSR, Inc.  – all done in his hometown of Lake Geneva.

The event was attended by Geneva Lake Museum staff, most of the Gygax Memorial Fund board, Lake Geneva City Officials including Mayor Charlene Klein, Richard Hedlund (Alderman and Tourism Commission), and Stephanie Klett (President of Visit Lake Geneva), former TSR Hobbies employees, and Gary’s son Luke Gygax, with current industry notable Stefan Pokorny of Dwarven Forge, running two Dungeons & Dragons game sessions for the attendees on a game table donated by Hammered Game Tables that will be a permanent portion of the exhibit.

For more information consult the Geneva Lake Museum Gygax Memorial Initiative.

Gygax Memorial Fund President Paul Stormberg was part of a demonstration of a historical Chainmail game on a wargaming sand table at the Perren-Bell Con Convention.

He also met with Sandra Landedn Machaj, a correspondent for Spirit of Geneva Lakes Magazine for an interview and photos of the event.

At 10:00AM, Gail Gygax, as part of the Gygax Memorial Initiative, met representative of Geneva Lake Museum in the Gary Gygax Exhibit room to donate from the Gygax Collection a stained glass sign made by Laura Roslof in the early 80’s for use in the Dungeon Hobby Shop on the lower level of the former Hotel Clair (now the Landmark Center).

An interview with a Regional News reporter followed.

In keeping with the GMF's goal of educating the public about Gary's historic contributions to the gaming industry, we will be presenting a plaque, concept by Alex Gygax and rendering by fantasy artist Larry Elmore, at the opening ceremonies of Gen Con 50 at the Indiana Convention Center. As many may already know, Gary was the creator of Gen Con, which he started by himself 50 years ago in the basement of his home. Today Gen Con is the world's largest gaming convention. Please join us at the Gen Con 50 opening ceremonies, where Gary's widow Gail Gygax, along with Gary's sons Alex Gygax and Luke Gygax will make the plaque presentation with a speech by Alex Gygax. Hope to see you there!

The plaque inscription reads as follows:

E. Gary Gygax-Founder. In 1968 game inventor Gary Gygax held the first Gen Con in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin at Horticultural Hall. Through the years Gary led millions of men and women on a journey of mutual respect and friendship, all through the guise of a game. Today families continue to join together each year at Gen Con "The Best Four Days in Gaming."

"I want to be remembered as the guy who loved to game." Gary Gygax

Presented 2017 by the Gygax Memorial Fund.