Another great one has gone to the greater mystery before us. A visionary has passed once more from these earthly bonds to go throw dice with the Father. http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/4news/20090409 Dave Arneson October 1, 1947 - April 7, 2009 Dave Arneson, co-creator of the original Dungeons & Dragons game, passed away on Tuesday evening, April 7th, after waging one final battle against cancer. In 1969, when Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax first met at GenCon , both were dedicated tabletop wargamers, refighting historical battles with painted miniature armies and fleets. Their first collaboration (along with Mike Carr) was a set of rules for sailing-ship battles ...
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Dungeons and Dragons has taken a big turn in history today after losing one of the creators after a long battle with cancer. David Arneson , co-creator - died at the age of 61 in St. Paul. Dungeons and Dragons was created in the early 70’s by he and founding partner Gary Gygax who passed in March 2008 at the age of 69. Together they created one of the most popular games in history - winning several awards and accolades even after all these years since developing the game. The Minnesota native was a well accomplished war-gamer during his developing days and it sparked ...
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Last night for the first time in seven years my wife, two friends and myself sat down in our living room and rolled up some Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 characters. I have been missing my favorite hobby for nearly a decade and it felt a little awkward opening books and volumes that had collected dust. I have always been a fan of role playing games, especially ones that involve real life interaction with people and friends. There is something you get as part of a gaming group in person that you don’t get playing anonymously online. Role playing is something my kids will grow ...
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Bruno Van de Casteele at www.puam.be has created a series of ten paper dice for use in role-playing games (RPG). The dice designs range from a two sided die all the way up to a pair of ten sided dice that can be used to simulate the roll of a single one hundred sided die. Five of Bruno's designs are shown. From left to right, following the notation common in RPG systems, the dice are a d8, a d10, a d4, a d20, and a d6. If the dice templates are printed without modification, the resulting dice come out rather large as can be ...
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When playing board games where rolling more than two dice is required, a dice tower comes in handy to keep the dice from ending up on the floor or scattering the game setup. In 2008 designer Russell Howell created a dice tower that can be printed on a single sheet of cardstock and assembled without glue. I used red cardstock for mine to add some color. The tower template may be downloaded here . An optional dice catcher tray extension to allow more dice to be rolled at once may be downloaded here . The green dice shown in the photo are special edition ...
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