Dungeons & Dragons Creator Loses Fight Against Cancer

The co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons has died. David Lance Arneson, who dreamed up the fantasy game with Gary Gygax in 1974, lost his two-year battle with cancer on Tuesday evening.

The magical world that Arneson created with Dungeons & Dragons spawned books, video games, movies—and a devoted legion of sometimes obsessive fans. A single game of Dungeons & Dragons, in which players pretend to be elves, wizards, dwarves and warlocks, can last for days or even weeks.

Arneson was 61.

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