Dave Arneson 1947-2009, Co-Creator of Dungeons & Dragons

by Scott Beale on April 9, 2009 · 1 comment

Dave Arneson

Dave Arneson, the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, died last night at age 61 after a long battle with cancer. Gary Gygax who created D&D Dave, passed away last March.

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1 Jason Schupp April 9, 2009 at 11:02 pm

Webcomic Order of the Stick has a fun tribute to him for today’s strip.

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