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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7658935" data-attributes="member: 1">Game designer Jeff Perren, who co-authored the original Chainmail game which later inspired Dungeons &amp; Dragons, is in need of help. His daughter is attempting to obtain a stairlift for him, as he is wheelchair-bound and living in unacceptable conditions in a nursing home.&nbsp; The idea is to enable him to move in with his daughter, but for that their home needs to be altered. They're trying to raise $6,000 via Go Fund Me to achieve this goal, and are asking for donations from the gaming community.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK][align=right]http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=66611&amp;d=1422807809[/align]Here's the full message:To all our gaming friends: Jeff Perren, the co-author with Gary Gygax of the Chainmail war game in 1971 which would spawn, a few years later, the Dungeons &amp; Dragons game we all know and love, needs our help.His leg amputated, he now lives away from his family, in a nursing home, and you know how hard it can be on one's morale. Now his daughter, Victoria Ricks Perren-Cserep, has a plan to get him to live in her house, but since he is wheelchair-bound, this means making the house accessible, and this means a stair lift to start and make this workable.This could mean a big change for Jeff Perren, and that would help greatly in all sorts of ways, psychologically, physically, you name it. Feeling good surrounded by your loved ones goes a long way towards living a good life. So please, consider pitching in, even a buck or two. Any amount matters.Please also share the link so a maximum of gamers get to know about this. Let's make it happen for Jeff. Thank you very much, friends!The direct link: <a href="http://www.gofundme.com/l5d1qg" target="_blank">http://www.gofundme.com/l5d1qg</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 7658935, member: 1"] Game designer Jeff Perren, who co-authored the original [I]Chainmail [/I]game which later inspired [I]Dungeons & Dragons[/I], is in need of help. His daughter is attempting to obtain a stairlift for him, as he is wheelchair-bound and living in unacceptable conditions in a nursing home. The idea is to enable him to move in with his daughter, but for that their home needs to be altered. They're trying to raise $6,000 via Go Fund Me to achieve this goal, and are asking for donations from the gaming community. [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] [align=right]http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=66611&d=1422807809[/align]Here's the full message: To all our gaming friends: Jeff Perren, the co-author with Gary Gygax of the [I]Chainmail [/I]war game in 1971 which would spawn, a few years later, the [I]Dungeons & Dragons[/I] game we all know and love, needs our help. His leg amputated, he now lives away from his family, in a nursing home, and you know how hard it can be on one's morale. Now his daughter, Victoria Ricks Perren-Cserep, has a plan to get him to live in her house, but since he is wheelchair-bound, this means making the house accessible, and this means a stair lift to start and make this workable. This could mean a big change for Jeff Perren, and that would help greatly in all sorts of ways, psychologically, physically, you name it. Feeling good surrounded by your loved ones goes a long way towards living a good life. So please, consider pitching in, even a buck or two. Any amount matters. Please also share the link so a maximum of gamers get to know about this. Let's make it happen for Jeff. Thank you very much, friends! The direct link: [URL]http://www.gofundme.com/l5d1qg[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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