From lev at rpgreview.net Tue Apr 1 03:42:13 2014 From: lev at rpgreview.net (Lev Lafayette) Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 14:42:13 +1100 Subject: [Churchofgaming] Dave Trampier RIP In-Reply-To: <1396301611.87544.YahooMailNeo@web141703.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1396301611.87544.YahooMailNeo@web141703.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: On Tue, April 1, 2014 8:33 am, Michael Cole wrote: > Dave Trampier (of Wormy, as well as the original AD&D Players Handbook > cover image) has died.? His entire story is rather sad. > > > http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/133338-Old-School-AD-D-Artist-David-Trampier-aka-D-A-T-Is-Gone > http://thecastlesramparts.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/dave-trampier-wormy-artist-passes-away.html > http://skylandgames.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/the-strange-case-of-dave-a-trampier/ > He's the Syd Barrett of gaming. From the Wikipedia entry.. "At the height of his career in the late 1980s, Trampier suddenly withdrew from the gaming world and life in general, becoming a social recluse.... For many years, Trampier's location was unknown to anyone and rumors circulated that he had died; his brother-in-law, Tom Wham denied this, although Wham admitted that even he did not know where Trampier was or what he was doing. Trampier was rediscovered by accident, working as a taxi driver in Carbondale, Illinois, when a local reporter did a ride along and, without knowing Trampier's background, subsequently published Trampier's name and photograph. Several companies and individuals immediately approached Trampier to commission new pieces of art, re-publish some of his most iconic pieces or at have Trampier appear as a guest of honor at conventions. However Trampier refused and indicated he wished to be left alone. A decade later, when Trampier's taxi company went out of business and he discovered he had cancer, he began to entertain the idea of republishing some of his early artwork in book form. He also agreed to end his long isolation from the gaming community by appearing as a special guest at a Carbondale gaming convention scheduled for April 2014. However, he died two weeks before the convention." You know, a Wormy-based RPG scenario would be interesting. -- Lev Lafayette, BA (Hons), GradCertTerAdEd (Murdoch), GradCertPM, MBA (Tech Mngmnt) (Chifley) mobile: 0432 255 208 RFC 1855 Netiquette Guidelines http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt http://www.quicksales.com.au/shop/RPG-Review.aspx