Suicide Watch in effect for all nerds and nerdlings

[Viva Las Espuelas]

this should be interesting.
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'Dungeons & Dragons' co-creator dies

(CNN) -- David Lance Arneson, who helped trigger the global phenomenon of role-playing games as co-inventor of "Dungeons & Dragons," has died at the age of 61.
A statement on the game's official Web site, wizards.com, said Arneson died Tuesday evening "after waging one final battle against cancer."
Arneson "developed many of the fundamental ideas of role playing: that each player controls just one hero, that heroes gain power through adventures, and that personality is as important as combat prowess," the statement said.
The game's co-creator, Gary Gygax, died last year.
In 1974, Arneson and Gygax created "Dungeons & Dragons," which allowed players to assume roles in a magical world. They could be fighters or wizards, elves or dwarfs.
"As characters journey through various lands, they search for hidden treasures while battling menacing monsters with their own brains and brawn," a description on wizards.com says.
Some games would last days or weeks -- or even longer. "Game campaigns are as limitless as the player's imaginations," wizards.com says.
What began as a hand-assembled print run of 1,000 games quickly sold out. Young people all over the world started buying up the game. By 1982, sales broke the $20 million mark.
Arneson filed a series of lawsuits against Gygax insisting he was not being given credit or proper royalties for his work creating the game. The suits were settled.
"Dungeons and Dragons" spawned video games, novels, a cartoon, and a movie. The franchise saw a surge this decade after "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter" movies took off.

[Melmart1]

They're nerds, not emos

[E20]

No wonder Tim had been so depressed looking.

[Big P]

Hang in there TD

[xtremesteven33]

nooooooo!!!!

[z0sa]

they ed the newest edition up anyway.

[Summers]

David Lance Arneson

Are we starting a pool yet on the Duncans' 3rd kid's name?

[AlamoSpursFan]

This man is one of the reasons I never got laid in high school.

Burn in , Arneson.

[Summers]

This man is one of the reasons I never got laid in high school.

Burn in , Arneson.

Anything worth having is worth waiting for, right?

[PixelPusher]

(CNN) -- David Lance Arneson, who helped trigger the global phenomenon of role-playing games as co-inventor of "Dungeons & Dragons," has died at the age of 61.

Couldn't he have rolled a save and taken half damage?

[phyzik]

Im a geek, I freely admit it, but if it wasnt for this guy we wouldnt have any of the great online (or even single player) RPG games that we have today.

The dude was a visionary weather you hate the genre or not.

[AlamoSpursFan]

Anything worth having is worth waiting for, right?

Yeah, yeah...

Actually, I never got laid in HS for the same reason I don't get laid now. I'm a goofy son-of-a- .

And I loved D&D back in the day, so I really meant to say R.I.P., Mr. Arneson.

[marini martini]

RIP to the D&D inventor dude!!!

Any one want to play Tx. Holdem????

[mrsmaalox]

RIP to the D&D inventor dude!!!

Any one want to play Tx. Holdem????

[RandomGuy]

Gygax has already passed.

Everybody must pass away sooner or later.

I am personally a bit more sad about Battlestar Galactica ending to be frank.

[Strike]

This man is one of the reasons I never got laid in high school.

Burn in , Arneson.

I'm sure the excessive acne and bucked teeth had nothing to do with it.