 Ward was one of the players in Gary Gygax's early Greyhawk games as Gygax developed the "Dungeons & Dragons" game.The "Dungeons & Dragons" character Drawmij was named after him; "Drawmij" is simply "Jim Ward" spelled backwards.Rob Kuntz and Ward's "Gods, Demi-Gods & Heroes" (1976) expanded the original "D&D" game by introducing gods.