<html><head><base href="x-msg://59/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Sad news, indeed. I'm sorry you lost your close friend and that we lost the creator of one of our favorite games. I've always been amazed by the wealth of detail that Richard put into the game. A friend of mine, who is an avid D&D player, once commented that Perilous Lands was the best fantasy world he had seen. Richard will be missed.<div><div><br></div><div>Take care,</div><div>Floyd</div><div><br></div><div><div>On Jan 21, 2010, at 1:33 AM, Kototh TheEldestElder wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; "><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="545401906-21012010">Thanks for the kind words and fitting tribute. I think Richard touched a lot of us folks that had a passion for this most amazing game he created. I can tell you he was amazed so many people were still playing his game after such a long time, it gave him a lot of validation of his original dream that AH marketed poorly, would not support and let die a shameful early death. Finding out so many people loved the game and how it effected a lot of peoples lives, reversed a lot of years of bitterness and his own self-worth. I am most certain he is flattered to know he will be missed and that peoples love of the game, will keep his legacy alive and strong.</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="545401906-21012010"></span></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="545401906-21012010">It's been really hard for me personally, in addition to sharing everyones passion here, to the point of badgering Richard years ago for all those original notes, unused rules and game stuff... I lost a wonderful friend who was a major part of my life from when we both lived together in Baltimore years ago, to when we both relocated to other parts of the country and kept in constant touch. Certainly the smartest person I have ever known, and one of the most kind. I still can not believe he is gone.</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="545401906-21012010"></span></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="545401906-21012010">-kototh</span></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"><span class="545401906-21012010">(formally G.Ranocchia)</span></font></div><br><hr>Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390706/direct/01/" target="_new">Sign up now.</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>_______________________________________________<br>pnp mailing list<br><a href="mailto:pnp@abroere.xs4all.nl">pnp@abroere.xs4all.nl</a><br><a href="http://abroere.xs4all.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pnp">http://abroere.xs4all.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pnp</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>