Dave Arneson

For the past several days, there have been numerous reports on the grogosphere of Dave Arneson's passing. They were premature, but unfortunately, not by much. Today, I read Arneson's obituary on Lord of The Green Dragon, Sir Robilar's blog. He posted the following poem which I too though appropriate.

The Land of Counterpane
by Robert Louis Stevenson

When I was sick and lay a-bed,
I had two pillows at my head,
And all my toys beside me lay,
To keep me happy all the day.

And sometimes for an hour or so
I watched my leaden soldiers go,
With different uniforms and drills,
Among the bed-clothes, through the hills;

And sometimes sent my ships in fleets
All up and down among the sheets;
Or brought my trees and houses out,
And planted cities all about.

I was the giant great and still
That sits upon the pillow-hill,
And sees before him, dale and plain,
The pleasant land of counterpane.

The posting of this poem is also appropriate in that my son and I have been spending his spring break waging that age-old war between the Greens and the Tans on the living room floor.

Crazyred has posted a collection of gaming pictures he has done, some depicting NPCs in the world of Yoon-suin. His blog: D&D Doodles.