My "mundane" library at home has many books on specific subjects, but it's very rare to find many books by the same author. I have an interesting collection of Anton Chekhov anthologies, and a decent library of George Kennan books, and partial set of Theodore Roosevelt books, but the rest have been written by a varied assortment of authors.
When it comes to gaming, I'm not an author groupie. I don't care if Steve Jackson wrote the book, I care that it was being released by Steve Jackson games.
My current gaming library is an eclectic mess of nostalgia, potential awesome and a few pipe dreams.
Ken Hite? Robin D Laws? Jonathan Tweet? All familiar names in post-high school quality RPG products.
Jolly Blackburn (and the Kenzerco crew) for Hackmaster. It is the largest stash of books I have left.
Frank Mentzer? Mister Red Box himself? After running the keep in the Basic set, the next thing I ran was Temple of Elemental Evil, which was more of Frank's handiwork.
Jeff Dee? Villans and Vigilantes and TWERPS
S. John Ross? GURPS Russia and Risus
Do I simply nod to Sandy Petersen or Gary Gygax because I should automatically nod to genius and craftiness?
It took a little research and cross-referencing but my favorite RPG writer must be Aaron Allston.
When it comes to gaming, I'm not an author groupie. I don't care if Steve Jackson wrote the book, I care that it was being released by Steve Jackson games.
My current gaming library is an eclectic mess of nostalgia, potential awesome and a few pipe dreams.
Ken Hite? Robin D Laws? Jonathan Tweet? All familiar names in post-high school quality RPG products.
Jolly Blackburn (and the Kenzerco crew) for Hackmaster. It is the largest stash of books I have left.
Frank Mentzer? Mister Red Box himself? After running the keep in the Basic set, the next thing I ran was Temple of Elemental Evil, which was more of Frank's handiwork.
Jeff Dee? Villans and Vigilantes and TWERPS
S. John Ross? GURPS Russia and Risus
Do I simply nod to Sandy Petersen or Gary Gygax because I should automatically nod to genius and craftiness?
It took a little research and cross-referencing but my favorite RPG writer must be Aaron Allston.
- GAZ1 The Gran Duchy of Karameikos - the first (and best) of Gazetteers.
- GAZ6 The Dwarves of Rockhome.
- The Hollow World Boxed Set
- Dawn of the Emperors Boxed Set
- Wrath of the Immortals Boxed Set
- Poor Wizards Almanac I
- THE FREAKIN' RULES CYCLOPEDIA
- AD&D Dungeon Masters Design Kit: I used the hell out of my copy. As a newbie, it certainly helped me.
- N4 - Treasure Hunt: The first of the 0-level modules. Great concept, good if limited execution with the adventure (I much preferred N5 Under Illefarn)
- The Complete Book of Fighters, Priests, and Ninjas. Fighters and Priests were not power creeping splat book like many others in the series.
- GURPS Autoduel 1st and 2nd Edition
- Trail of the Gold Spike - a Hero/Justice Inc Adventure that I loved running.
I'll link his bibliography to show everything else he wrote, but unlike a vast number of the authors listed above, I would give him the benefit with any book he wrote.
He only wrote one stinker of an adventure, but that's only because I ran The Mark of Amber and it screwed up my campaign for weeks. Of course, YMMV, YOLO, FNORD.
I was saddened to learn that he passed away last year at the age of 53. I also discovered that he spent his later years writing Star Wars and Terminator novels. Sci-fi paperbacks haven't been my thing for years, but it might be worth hunting down a few copies. It should amuse me greatly.
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