David Sutherland, D&D artist

[Bramble]

Was this the PFAL grad who was involved in Dungeons and Dragons? I met him once in CA but couldn't remember his name.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2005...14.html?ref=rss

[WordWolf]

*reads*

*does a search*

Thanks for posting that article.

However, that is NOT the guy we discussed before.

That was Dave Arneson, not David Sutherland.

Steve Lortz said

quote:

"Dungeons & Dragons, a collaborative effort between Arneson and

Gygax, was published late in '74. Sometime in the middle of that year, Arneson took PFAL.

Over the following years, Arneson "abundantly shared" tens of thousands of dollars

annually to TWI from his royalties off of "D&D."

The Trustees knew him, and were very friendly to his face. But we all know how they

stabbed his product behind his back.

Arneson never went into the Corps, but he was one of my spiritual partners during my

brief stint. He did go WOW one year.

We're still in touch, and still fiddling with games.

Zixar said

quote:

The first editions of D&D still say "by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson."

The 2nd D&D supplement, "Blackmoor" is credited entirely to him.

Dave Arneson was a believer who lived in St Paul, MN for a while. Don't know if he was

Corps or not, but he really did co-write the game.

So, the answer to your question is "probably not."

I mean, he COULD have taken it, but none of us heard he did, and we heard about

Dave Arneson.

[Bramble]

It must have been Dave Arneson that I met. I was pretty sure it was a Dave! Thanks.