e-gary-gygax posts

After the death of E. Gary. Gygax in 2008, the gaming industry has now lost the other co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons. The blog site Grognardia reports that Dave Arneson died on Tuesday at the age of 61 after a long battle with cancer (the site mistakenly reported his death earlier this week but the site has now confirmed his passing via a statement from his family)

Arneson did indeed created Dungeons and Dragons with Gygax in the mid-1970s but later had a falling out with his partner and D&D's company TSR. He filed lawsuits against TSR trying to gain both unpaid royalties and credits in later editions of Dungeons and Dragons. The lawsuits were resolved in 1981. While Arneson continued to create games he never received the amount of fame Gygax did in the making of one of the most influential games in the PC game industry.

The Grognardia site has info on where to write to the family of Arneson. Funeral arrangements are still pending but a visitation for him will be held April 20. Again details can be found at the web site.