Trivia

The father of the RPG (Role Playing Game) he is best known for co-writing, with Dave Arneson, and co-publishing, with Don Kaye, the famous Dungeons & Dragons role playing game.

Samuel Adams beer and butter milk were his preferred after work drink. He later switched to red wine after his strokes.

The creator of the original Dungeons & Dragons Role Playing Game.

Was associated with Jim Holloway, who did much 'Dungeons and Dragons' artwork.

When he moved to Hollywood to produce the cartoon Dungeons & Dragons (1983) and an unmade Dungeons and Dragons movie (different from Dungeons & Dragons (2000)), he was in the middle of a cocaine addiction. He got clean when he moved back to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

Dropped out of high school due to poor academic and social skills.

Disliked the work of J.R. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings stories. He said it was because he found the authors work too dull with not enough action.

Was originally a stance conservative, but became a libertarian later in life.