Dork Tower » Dave Arneson http://www.dorktower.com The Place for All Things Dork Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:00:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 DORK TOWER, Monday, August 31, 2009 – It was 40 Years Ago Today… http://www.dorktower.com/2009/08/31/dork-tower-monday-august-31-2009-it-was-40-years-ago-today/ http://www.dorktower.com/2009/08/31/dork-tower-monday-august-31-2009-it-was-40-years-ago-today/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:00:44 +0000 John Kovalic http://www.dorktower.com/?p=4021 Super Happy Robot Cartoon History Fun Hour

]]> http://www.dorktower.com/2009/08/31/dork-tower-monday-august-31-2009-it-was-40-years-ago-today/feed/ 0 The Summer of ‘69… http://www.dorktower.com/2009/08/25/the-summer-of-69/ http://www.dorktower.com/2009/08/25/the-summer-of-69/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:06:53 +0000 John Kovalic http://www.dorktower.com/?p=4018 …wasn’t just Woodstock, or a really, really bad Bryan Adams song.

Alas alack, it took my friend Jape to point this out to me:

“In all the celebratory hyperbole over Woodstock’s 40th Anniversary, people are missing the other seminal event that happen 4 decades ago this week: Gen Con II, when Gary Gygax first met Dave Arneson, thereby setting the stage for all things D&D. ”

Indeed it did!

- John

]]> http://www.dorktower.com/2009/08/25/the-summer-of-69/feed/ 0 Rest in peace, Dave. http://www.dorktower.com/2009/04/08/rest-in-peace-dave/ http://www.dorktower.com/2009/04/08/rest-in-peace-dave/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:12:30 +0000 John Kovalic http://www.dorktower.com/?p=3782 I just got off the phone with a family friend who spoke to Dave Arneson’s daughter. Dave passed from this world last night.

Rest in peace, Dave. Our world is far richer for you and what you have given us all.

UPDATE: Memorial at the funeral home April 20th. Public welcome. Bradshaw Funeral Home, 678 Snelling Ave South, St Paul, MN 55116

UPDATE 2:  Dear Escapist magazine: Great. NOW you’ve still got “Dave Arneson is alive” up. Thanks for making all this much, much easier on those who knew and loved Dave.

UPDATE 3: Received a very thoughtful note from Escapist magazine associate editor John Funk, letting me know that the changes have been made, and offering sincere apologies for any confusion. I appreciate that greatly. Let us now all celebrate Dave’s life.

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