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1947 – 2009Dave Arneson (1947-2009)Died 7 April 2009, aged 61Arneson co-created the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons with Gary Gygax, helping to found the modern role-playing game industry. His early campaign designs introduced concepts still used across the hobby. He later worked on numerous other game projects.