David A Hargrave
 David
A Hargrave (May 25, 1946 - August 29, 1988), known as The Dream Weaver, was
a game designer of fantasy and science fiction role-playing games.
Before his premature death at age 42, his most notable works were based upon his
own mythical world of Arduin.
From the mid-1970s through 1988 David A. Hargrave authored ten books based upon
this Arduin game world. Hargrave also produced four Arduin Dungeon Modules and
several fantasy item collections, which were published by Grimoire Games.
David A Hargrave's work was well ahead of its time, and was perhaps the first
"cross-genre" fantasy RPG, with everything from interstellar wars to horror and
historical drama. His work was, however, based principally upon the traditional
(and not so traditional) medieval fantasy genre.
Arduin was one of the earliest challengers to TSR's Dungeons and Dragons, and a
leading representative of the high-entropy, multiversal campaigns then prevalent
in RPG circles.
As a writer, Hargrave contributed to various magazines such as Different Worlds,
Alarums and Excursions, and Abyss. As a game designer, he authored various Call
of Cthulhu adventures for Chaosium, Inc. and was an integral part of the design
team for the sci-fi game Star Rovers, among others.
Selected Bibliography
Arduin
- The Arduin Grimoire (Arduin Grimoire Volume 1)
- Welcome to Skull Tower (Arduin Grimoire Volume 2)
- The Runes of Doom (Arduin Grimoire Volume 3)
- The Lost Grimoire (Arduin Grimoire Volume 4)
- Dark Dreams (Arduin Grimoire Volume 5)
- The House of the Rising Sun (Arduin Grimoire Volume 6)
- Shadow Lands (Arduin Grimoire Volume 7)
- The Winds of Chance (Arduin Grimoire Volume 8)
- The Arduin Adventure
- Arduin Dungeon No. 1: Caliban
- Arduin Dungeon No. 2: The Howling Tower
- Arduin Dungeon No. 3: The Citadel of Thunder
- Arduin Dungeon No. 4: Death Heart
- The Arduin Primer
- Complete Arduin Book 1 The Rules
- Complete Arduin Book 2 Resources
- The Arduin Map
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