Dave Arneson RIP

[Volk]

Some of you may know that Dave Arneson passed away late Tuesday night, and some of you may be thinking "Who the hell is Dave Arnseson?"

Dave Arnseon was the brains behind D&D. Gary Gygax may have made the game popular, but Dave is the one that took the first group of Chainmail players and had them control only one character. He invented the first Campaign Setting, Blackmoor, which isn't surprising, since he ivented the concept of Campaign Settings.

A few related articles can be found here:
http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2009/04/rip-dave-arneso.html
http://scifiwire.com/2009/04/dungeons-dragons-dave-arn.php
http://www.giantitp.com/ and comic at http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0644.html
http://www.dorktower.com/2009/04/08/dork-tower-april-8-2009-thanks-dave/

That's all I've found so far.

[Jim Tressel]

A heartbreaking loss.

[meowcow]

Indeed to lose two men, who in my opinion were the greatest influeces in the RPG community, is a tragic loss. Thanks to those two men I live in a world richly populated by imagination and creativity.