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Dave Nalle
David F. Nalle (March 19, 1959 – February 13, 2021) was an American political writer, game author and type designer. He was active in the early history of the development of the internet. Nalle was at one time Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus, a group that promotes libertarianism within the Republican Party, Senior Politics Editor at Blogcritics online magazine, and was the CEO of Scriptorium Fonts.
Dave Nalle's parents were American diplomat David Nalle and Margaret Shumaker Nalle. Due to his father's diplomatic postings, Dave Nalle spent his formative years overseas in Syria, Iran, Jordan, England and the Soviet Union and traveled in the Middle East and Central Asia. During this time, he received his primary and middle school education from British and American schools. During his teens, the family lived in Washington, D.C., where he attended high school at St. Albans School.
After moving to Texas in 1982, Nalle earned two graduate degrees at the University of Texas and did a year of graduate study in England at the City University of London. During this period he also ran a small game publishing company called Ragnarok Press. In 1989, Nalle founded Scriptorium Fonts to market his original font designs and digital recreations of antique type and hand lettering, initially for the Commodore 64 and eventually primarily for Macintosh and Windows users.
Nalle ran for Texas State Representative in 2002, and served as Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus from 2009 to 2013. He was also ex-president of the Manor Lions Club and Chairman of the East Travis County Advisory Board which supervises a community center, a public library and charity programs in Manor, Texas. He had two daughters and resided outside of Austin, Texas.
Nalle was the author of articles published in Dragon and other gaming magazines, as well as game, media and book reviews, short fiction and poetry. He also had featured columns in Renaissance Magazine and Thrust: Science Fiction in Review.
His published game designs include the Ysgarth and To Challenge Tomorrow roleplaying games, the board game Duel Magical, game books and resources, and the Arthurian collectible card game Quest for the Grail. He was the editor and publisher of 51 issues of Abyss Magazine. Nalle also designed the Suburban Slasher strategy game (1992), which was one of the games that TSR banned from Gen Con in the 1990s due to content.
Nalle was the inspiration for a major villain in the tabletop RPG Ars Magica named Dav'Nalleous.
In 2003, Nalle was brought in as a guest designer for a radical redesign of Whole Earth magazine under the guest editorship of Viridian thinker Bruce Sterling.
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Dave Nalle
David F. Nalle (March 19, 1959 – February 13, 2021) was an American political writer, game author and type designer. He was active in the early history of the development of the internet. Nalle was at one time Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus, a group that promotes libertarianism within the Republican Party, Senior Politics Editor at Blogcritics online magazine, and was the CEO of Scriptorium Fonts.
Dave Nalle's parents were American diplomat David Nalle and Margaret Shumaker Nalle. Due to his father's diplomatic postings, Dave Nalle spent his formative years overseas in Syria, Iran, Jordan, England and the Soviet Union and traveled in the Middle East and Central Asia. During this time, he received his primary and middle school education from British and American schools. During his teens, the family lived in Washington, D.C., where he attended high school at St. Albans School.
After moving to Texas in 1982, Nalle earned two graduate degrees at the University of Texas and did a year of graduate study in England at the City University of London. During this period he also ran a small game publishing company called Ragnarok Press. In 1989, Nalle founded Scriptorium Fonts to market his original font designs and digital recreations of antique type and hand lettering, initially for the Commodore 64 and eventually primarily for Macintosh and Windows users.
Nalle ran for Texas State Representative in 2002, and served as Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus from 2009 to 2013. He was also ex-president of the Manor Lions Club and Chairman of the East Travis County Advisory Board which supervises a community center, a public library and charity programs in Manor, Texas. He had two daughters and resided outside of Austin, Texas.
Nalle was the author of articles published in Dragon and other gaming magazines, as well as game, media and book reviews, short fiction and poetry. He also had featured columns in Renaissance Magazine and Thrust: Science Fiction in Review.
His published game designs include the Ysgarth and To Challenge Tomorrow roleplaying games, the board game Duel Magical, game books and resources, and the Arthurian collectible card game Quest for the Grail. He was the editor and publisher of 51 issues of Abyss Magazine. Nalle also designed the Suburban Slasher strategy game (1992), which was one of the games that TSR banned from Gen Con in the 1990s due to content.
Nalle was the inspiration for a major villain in the tabletop RPG Ars Magica named Dav'Nalleous.
In 2003, Nalle was brought in as a guest designer for a radical redesign of Whole Earth magazine under the guest editorship of Viridian thinker Bruce Sterling.