David James Ritchie (October 6, 1950[1] – September 6, 2009[2]) was a game designer and author.
David J. Ritchie | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 6, 1950 |
| Died | September 6, 2009 (aged 58) Connecticut, US |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Game designer |
Early life and education
editDavid Ritchie was a Canton, Ohio native who graduated from Lehman High School in Canton and then went to Grove City College in Pennsylvania where he met Deborah, who he later married.[2]
Career
editDavid Ritchie was working for Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) when it was taken over by TSR in March 1982.[3]: 14 In the following months, as SPI employees either quit or were fired, Ritchie became the last remaining holdover from SPI.[3]: 14 He designed The Omega War in his final months at SPI,[4] before leaving in late 1983 to work for Coleco.[3]: 14 Ritchie, along with Jon Pickens, David "Zeb" Cook, Harold Johnson, Rick Swan, and Ed Carmien, co-wrote the adventure module OA2 Night of the Seven Swords.[5] Ritchie and Dave Arneson wrote a series of four adventures that further detailed the world of Blackmoor which Arneson had created, and they were published by TSR as DA1: Adventures in Blackmoor (1986), DA2: Temple of the Frog (1986), DA3: City of the Gods (1987) and DA4: The Duchy of Ten (1987).[3]: 388
Ritchie wrote the 1991 book Connecticut: Off the Beaten Path with his wife, Deborah.[6]
Ritchie died in his Connecticut home on September 6, 2009, at the age of 58.[2]
References
edit- ^ "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JGGR-2YC : accessed 07 Dec 2013), David Ritchie, 6 September 2009; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- ^ a b c "David Ritchie Obituary - Canton, OH | The Repository". legacy.com. Retrieved 13 Feb 2015.
- ^ a b c d Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
- ^ "The Omega War (1983)". boardgamegeek.com. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
- ^ Pickens, Jon, David "Zeb" Cook, Harold Johnson, Rick Swan, Ed Carmien, and David James Ritchie. Night of the Seven Swords (TSR, 1986)
- ^ Ritchie, D.; Ritchie, D. (1991). Connecticut: Off the Beaten Path. Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 9780871062406. Retrieved 13 Feb 2015.
External links
edit- "David J. Ritchie :: Pen & Paper RPG Database". Archived from the original on December 28, 2004.