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His most notable works were based upon his own mythical world of Arduin .


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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 under the auspices of California-based Grimoire Games .

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.

Currently, many of the works of David A. Hargrave are available via Emperor's Choice Games and Miniatures (link is below).


PUBLISHED WORKS

  • 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

  • Caliban - Arduin Dungeon #1

  • The Howling Tower - Arduin Dungeon #2

  • Citadel of Thunder - Arduin Dungeon #3

  • Death Heart - Arduin Dungeon #4

  • The Arduin Primer

  • Complete Arduin Book 1 The Rules

  • Complete Arduin Book 2 Resources

  • The Arduin Map



A PARTIAL LIST OF PUBLICATIONS CONTAINING DAVID A. HARGRAVE’S WORK

  • End War ( Arduin Grimoire Volume 9)

  • World of Khaas the Legendary Lands of Arduin

  • Black Devil Mountain (found in The Asylum and Other Tales from Chaosium )

  • Dark Carnival (found in Curse of the Cthonians from Chaosium )

  • Arduin Bloody Arduin (found in Different Worlds magazine issue #2)

  • All the Worlds Monsters, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 (from Chaosium ).

  • Star Rovers Module 1, (Sci-Fi RPG from Archive Miniatures And Game Systems , 1981)



ADDITIONAL



  • Was known for using the names of people close to him in the titles of various Arduin spells, weapons, artifacts, and taverns. Stafford's Star Bridge is one such example.


  • Was a well-known and well-liked Game Master . He was legendary for pulling stunts of great magnitude, such as having multiple Balrogs suddenly run through a door to attack an unsuspecting party.




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