Jim Ward, a longtime game designer for the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop game, passed away. Ward began his game career in 1976 with his and Rob Kuntz's Gods, Demi-Gods & Heroes rulebook for TSR and went on be inducted into the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design Hall of Fame in 1989.

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