David Ritchie contact failed

***Havard*** · 09-23-2010, 10:19 AM

Send an email to a David J Ritchie the other day. Today he got back to me. Sadly it turns out it was the wrong David J Ritchie.

Any idea how to find this guy? Both google and facebook have turned into dead ends...

-Havard

Big Mac · 10-07-2010, 12:40 PM

Havard Wrote:Send an email to a David J Ritchie the other day. Today he got back to me. Sadly it turns out it was the wrong David J Ritchie.

Any idea how to find this guy? Both google and facebook have turned into dead ends...

Forgive my ignorance, but I don't know who he is. If you give me a bit of background about who he is and where he has been, maybe I might be able to help.

***Havard*** · 10-07-2010, 01:00 PM

Big Mac Wrote:Forgive my ignorance, but I don't know who he is. If you give me a bit of background about who he is and where he has been, maybe I might be able to help.

He co-authored the DA module series with Dave Arneson and is also credited in a handfull of other TSR products.

Havard

Big Mac · 10-07-2010, 01:53 PM

Havard Wrote:
Big Mac Wrote:Forgive my ignorance, but I don't know who he is. If you give me a bit of background about who he is and where he has been, maybe I might be able to help.

He co-authored the DA module series with Dave Arneson and is also credited in a handfull of other TSR products.

I went searching for him on Amazon, and that suggested his name might be David James Richie.

A website called Boardgame geek is suggesting that David James Richie died in 2009:

Boardgamegeek Wrote:David James Ritchie, a native of Canton, Ohio, died in his Connecticut home on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009, at the age of 58. (CantonRep.com | Canton, OH 44702)

Mind you, there could be more than one person with the same name and there have been times in the past when someone has incorrectly been said to be dead on the Interwebs.

***Havard*** · 10-07-2010, 02:06 PM

Thanks for the find Big Mac. That is really sad news though.

Havard

Big Mac · 10-07-2010, 04:54 PM

Havard Wrote:

Thanks for the find Big Mac. That is really sad news though.

If I were you, I would try to confirm that, via a second source. They didn't link to any news stories or anything. (And there could be two people with similar names.)