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Game Designer

Dave Arneson

1947–2009 · Role-Playing Games

A campaign becomes a new kind of game

An American designer whose Blackmoor experiments helped transform miniature wargames into character-centered adventures.

Blackmoor campaign begins is the Chronicle marker for Dave Arneson, connecting this work to the wider development of Role-Playing Games.

Why the work endures

His play innovations were essential to the birth of the tabletop role-playing game.

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