A founder of our industry, Loomis was one of the last principals still running and publishing at a company created in the '70s. Afterward, he returned to the TV industry, where he'd later help birth Babylon 5 (1993-1999). It's shocking that he could create such a exemplar adventure when he was only involved in our industry for two years, primarily at Flying Buffalo. DiTillio is primarily known for one of the best roleplaying adventures ever, Masks of Nyarlathotep (1984) for Call of Cthulhu.

In recent years he Kickstarted a second edition, and began publication through his own Reality Cheque, before succumbing to the cruelty of the US healthcare system.

The creator of Tales from the Floating Vagabound (1991), Garvin watched Avalon Hill quickly drop the game out of print, and then it took him a decade to regain the rights. More specifically focusing on the RPG industry, Bromley was one of the first to test TSR's hegemony through his unlicensed publication of D&D-compatible Role Aids products his company also produced RPG notables like Chill second edition (1990), DC Heroes (1985), and Underground (1993). He later was one of the first people to bring eurogames into the US. The founder of Mayfair Games, Bromley's first, foundational effect on the roleplaying industry was creating the Empire Builder (1980) series of games, co-designed with Bill Fawcett. Without trying to remember every single person that we lost in 2019, here are some of our lost comrades that you are most likely to recognize because of their notable effects on the industry: The roleplaying industry is unfortunately at a time in its life where we are suffering a series of bitter losses. But what happened to the roleplaying industry last year?įarewell, Heroes. So that's what's been happening to my locally: 2019 was a year of preparation and 2020 will be a year of settling back in. particularly the continued evolution and expansion of Designers & Dragons. This move is part of some bigger changes in my life, and by April I expect to have stepped back from some of the tasks that have kept me occupied in recent years and to have more time to dedicate to writing of my own.

Advanced Designers & Dragons This yearly report is running very late this year, and there's a good reason for that: on January 1, 2020, I made a big move from Berkeley, California, to Kauai, Hawaii.

Here Be Dragons by Bill Fawcett