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Dave Arneson

David Lance Arneson (/ˈɑːrnɪsən/; 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. Arneson's fundamental early role-playing game (RPG) genre work pioneered now-archetypical devices, such as: cooperative play to…

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Genre
Role-playing games
Occupation
Game designer
Born
David Lance Arneson (1947-10-01)October 1, 1947 Hennepin County, Minnesota, U.S.
Children
1
Died
April 7, 2009(2009-04-07) (aged 61) Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.

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Experience with miniature wargaming

Blackmoor

Dungeons & Dragons

Continuation of Blackmoor

Computer programming and education

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