Thank you everyone for the wonderful comments you made about my brother.  He was Loved by many and gratefully respected in the gaming pros. I looked up to my big brother, I watch our past family home movies, i he was always bugging me. before he passed away i had been trying to get him to communicate with me more often and hoping to see him since the last time i saw my brother was yeqrs ago. He was always busy working on another game or getting ready for some event. My memories of him have all been affiliated to some game he was doing. He dedicated his life to the gaming industry, i didnt realize what an impact he made and how much of a huge icon he was to many. I wanted so bad to spend time with my brorher. I miss you Rollie but i know one day, that day will come and i will see you again. I l

I was living with Rollie in Omaha, Nebraska for the past 6 months. I am grateful that I had the opportunity to get to know him- he talked about his wonderful life. He traveled all over the world, made successful games, and was able to meet all sorts of different yet lovel people. One of my favorite moments with Rollie was when he taught me how to play a new board game and I ended up winning. He had a priceless look of shock, but he was a very good sport. I will miss having conversations with him but I am thankful I was able to meet him. 

Rest In Peace Rollie. I will forever cherish our memories together.

For the past 6 months I have been in daily contact with Rollie as he worked around the clock in designing new games and helping our Spielmasons playtest group develop their games. Just 2 days before he passed we were playing his latest design and he had three new updates he was working on to show me on Monday. His mind was ever working and he was a delight to play games with - always testing and challenging and often laughing through the experience, even when coming in last.

His official title at Spielbound was Game Maestro and his bio is here. http://spielbound.org/contact-us

He came to us at the end and we have all gained from our too-brief time together. He kept his health issues close to his chest, but none of us were ready for this last move. I first was impacted by Rollie by being an avid fan of his CCGs in the 90s and feel incredibly fortunate to have had these last months together - he "chose" us as he liked Spielbound's mission and sense of community around gaming. His creativity, intelligence, positivity, and diligence were remarkable, and I can only hope we can get a few more of his games made to be shared to keep his legacy long-lasting.

Play on, my friend.

I have such fond memories of uncle Rollie and most of them involve some kind of game or funny moment. He bought me my first chess set and taught me how to play, something I still love to do and have taught my husband to play and will teach my son in the future Every time I got the pleasure of seeing him he brought some kind of game he was working on. I loved hearing his stories and his perspectives. I truly think my love of games came from him. 

While I was doing some cleaning, just hours before I heard of his passing, I came across a picture of him and thought to my self I need to email him. Sadly, I was too late. Uncle Rollie will always hold a special place in my heart. I will still continue to brag about my game inventing uncle whenever I can.