Dave Arneson, who has died aged 61, was an American pioneer of role playing games and co-creator of the immersive world of Dungeons & Dragons; its extraordinary popularity spawned a host of imitators ...

The joy of role-playing comes from the ability to do anything you want. The dungeon master can only put a situation in front of you, and it’s his job to deal with your creative decisions to get ...

In the early 1970s, a University of Minnesota student named Dave Arneson changed the world of gaming. A fan of the sprawling war games that simulated historical battles with miniature soldiers, ...

Kirk Arneson lays a hand on Bookhead, the first Egghead sculpture created by his late father, Robert Arneson, during a campus celebration last week. (Whitney Howard/UC Davis) The rain just rolled off ...