[Churchofgaming] Dave Trampier RIP

[Lev Lafayette]

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.

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