D&D Co-Creater

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David Larkin

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Apr 13, 2009, 7:51:54 AM4/13/09

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D&D Co-Creator Interview: As some of you may have heard about by now,
the co-creator of D&D passed away last week. His name was Dave Arneson
and here is an interview he did in 2004 that up until now was
unpublished.

http://gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=23161

Here is an excerpt:

- So, where did you get 20-sided dice from?
We were in the very beginning using the six siders, but when we
started doing the fantasy games, I dug out some 20-sided dice I'd
purchased in England in the mid 60s.

- What do you think of MMORPGs?
Well, at one time my entire family -- my son-in-law, daughter -- we
were all playing Everquest. So obviously we've tried it out. There
were some limitations in Everquest when you were trying to cooperate
as a group.

Then we played Dark Age of Camelot, and that was better. It's getting
better. When people can actually interact with each other and can be
identified as participants, not just as an anonymous guy with a credit
card, it makes it fun.