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David Lance Arneson (/ ˈ ɑːr n ɪ s ən /; October 1, 1947 – April 7, 2009) was an American game designer best known for co-developing the first published role-playing game (RPG), Dungeons & Dragons, with Gary Gygax, in the early 1970s. [3]
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Ernest Gary Gygax (/ ˈ ɡ aɪ ɡ æ k s / GHY-gaks; July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008) [2] was an American game designer and author best known for co-creating the pioneering tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) with Dave Arneson.
Gary Gygax of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and Dave Arneson of the Twin Cities region in Minnesota, were both introduced to hobby gaming through Avalon Hill’s historical wargame Gettysburg in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s. Gettysburg inspired them both to begin designing their own games.
- James Haeck
Oct 5, 2021 · A handwritten accounting, by Gary Gygax, of royalties due from Dungeons & Dragons’ first quarter sales in 1974. Image: Jon Peterson. One of the most unusual documents that Peterson uncovered in...
In 1971, Dave Arneson, a student at the University of Minnesota who had been inspired by “Chainmail”, made his own set of rules for the game. His modifications moved the setting from above ground on the battlefield to underground dungeons.
- Kyle Carmean
Mar 10, 2008 · There was one war gamer who grokked the importance of Gygax's Chainmail right away: Dave Arneson. The two had recently worked together on a sailing war game called Don't Give Up the Ship .
Jul 23, 2024 · Ernest Gary Gygax was an American entrepreneur who in 1974, together with his war-gaming friend David Arneson, created the world’s first fantasy role-playing game (RPG), Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), and ultimately paved the way for modern electronic RPGs.
