Dave Arneson and Earnest Gary Gygax were the two behind the legendary Dungeons and Dragons Role Playing game. They created the original D&D rules and many of the early modules in the late 70's and then went on it write the AD&D rules.

I just found out that Dave Arneson passed away in April this year, at the age of just 61, and this comes just a year after the death of Gary Gygax who passed away in March 2008 aged just 69. No age for either to pass.

It is quite sad it think that both people behind D&D and responsible for the creation of the whole RPG genre are now gone.

RIP
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Sad news. I remember reading about Gygax last year. Those guys brought an accessible and fun genre of fantasy roleplaying games to the masses. It was hugely inspirational. I have some great memories of playing AD&D as a teenager.
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I still play it now.

Plus I do recommend for ALL RPers and their partners the movie "The Gamers: Dorkness Rising". It is hilariously funny and such a refreshing change to the normal fantasy/gaming related movies. IN fact, I consider it to be what the official D&D movies should have been like.
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