I got this message yesterday from Bob (Robert the Bald) Meyers regarding the health of Dave Arneson. As everyone knows, Dave is co-creator of our favorite hobby game and has been a frequent poster here. David's cancer has unexpectedly worsened just this week, to the point that he is in the hospital. He is heavily sedated and not doing well. He is not expected to live for more than a couple days, if that long. This one came in today. Bob's original plan was to hold off on an announcement, but I convinced him that it would be nice to get the information out right away. My hope is that Bob can track down an address so folks here can send cards and flowers to demonstrate to Dave just what he has meant to our community.I will see what I can do about getting an address, and will post this on your forum. Clearly, this is devastating to Dave's family as well as his gaming friends. Updates will be posted here as I get them.
David's cancer has unexpectedly worsened just this week, to the point that he is in the hospital. He is heavily sedated and not doing well. He is not expected to live for more than a couple days, if that long.
I will see what I can do about getting an address, and will post this on your forum.
bombadil wrote:Awful, just awful. The "sedated" detail is telling. Are you sure he was looking for a woodgrain? That was not my understanding, but maybe I was mistaken.
stratochamp wrote:it is terrible to hear of our gods dying, but their written words will outlive us all. my heartfelt wishes to his family.
mdr003 wrote:For the record, I initially told him a regular 1st print brown box would be worth $3-5k. Then after he told me more about them, I said it would be hard to put a value on two with that kind of heritage, and advised him to open a thread on the Acaeum to get more learned thoughts.
grodog wrote:That's basically the same info that I gave him as well, Mike. Which article had he asked about??
