Tekumel Creator, MAR Barker, Has Passed Away

I just heard this sad news. The creator of Tekumel, MAR Barker, has gone.

Press Release (PDF)

To put it in perspective, MAR Barker's world was as vibrant and loved as Middle Earth - and Barker was a Professor in the University of Minnesota where E Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson were developing Dungeons & Dragons. Empire of The Petal Throne was the first game released by TSR after the launch of D&D.

Without his influence, the whole world of roleplaying might have turned out very differently indeed ...
 
This is really very sad news. I loved the Tekumel setting,
although I never found players willing to give it a try for
more than a few adventures. :cry:
 
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