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MILWAUKEE - Gary Gygax, who co-created the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva. He was 69.

He had been suffering from health problems for several years, including an abdominal aneurysm, said his wife, Gail Gygax.

Gygax was a war game fan in his youth as well as a fan of Fantasy fiction. He took the basics of battle strategy games and added the elements of Fantasy and Sword and Socrecy to create a new game reality that has become a lifestyle to millions. He and his co-creators built the role playing giant TSR. Role playing games have spawned movies, books and videogames.