RIP Allan Calhamer - the designer of the game Diplomacy

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-03-03/news/ct-met-calhamer-obit-20130303_1_games-magazine-game-companies-diplomacy

I'm actually bummed by this.  Besides designing one of my fave, (and one of the best), games of all time, for many years he published a wonderful little newsletter with all sorts of scholarly and fun tidbits.