Subject: RIP
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Posted on: 2009-04-09 13:48:00 UTC
Meh, I hate it when I learn about a cool guy only at the moment of his death.
Same for Gary Gygax: never heard of him until his death, but I know I should have known him.
Confirmed from multiple sources, including a personal e-mail from his family. I stumbled upon it on /tg/, who referred me to here:
http://www.knights-n-knaves.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=5538
Who referred me to here, the official notice:
http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/04/sadly-this-is-accurate.html
For those of you not into the role-playing scene, Arneson was Gary Gygax's partner-in-crime on Dungeons and Dragons.
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0644.html
This OoTS strip says it better than I do.
Not a D&D player, but still...
Why are we losing all the geek icons?
I guess now he and Mr. Gygax can DM together again in the after, whatever that may be.
~Neshomeh
Having a father who's an ex-DM, and thus a house filled with original D & D material...
*sighs*
At least they won't be forgotten any time soon.
Meh, I hate it when I learn about a cool guy only at the moment of his death.
Same for Gary Gygax: never heard of him until his death, but I know I should have known him.