John Tynes Leaving The Industry?

[SHARK]

Greetings!

I just briefly read references to this. Does anyone know more about this? Why is John Tynes leaving the industry? he's a very talented person. I've enjoyed reading a lot of his material. I just can't believe this!

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

 

[Napftor]

Oh really? Where have you read this, Shark? It would be a pity as he's quite the talent!

And, by the way, congrats on the whole publishing deal. (I didn't get in on the other congratulatory thread.) Trust me, seeing your name in print is WONDERFUL, especially on a D&D product!

 

[mmadsen]

You might want to check out his home page at JohnTynes.com. His Letterman and Leaving dispatch goes into more detail:

Sometime very soon, GamingReport.com is going to run an interview I just did with them that I've been looking forward to for about a year and a half. It's going to be a relief to finally see this happen. See, I've been working towards leaving the gaming industry since January of 2001, and at this point it's pretty much happened. With the exception of Unknown Armies, I don't expect to write, edit, or create any more tabletop RPG stuff, for Call of Cthulhu or anything else. It's time for me to move on.

Though I did enter the recent Wizards of the Coast contest. It's a hundred grand--what the heck!

 

[Nikchick]

John's very talented, but he'd been bored with gaming for *years* now. Seriously. He's been inching away from gaming since 1997 at least, because I talked to him about it in depth then. At that time he felt that a lot of Pagan Publishing was resting on his shoulders and he had the other people at Pagan to consider, but they were able to bring Scott Glancey in and I think Scott took enough of the "burden" off John's shoulders that he was able to keep dabbling in the fun stuff for a while longer.

There are a select few people who have the creative talent to make it outside of gaming, but John is one of them. More importantly, he gets to work on things that make him feel happier and more creatively satisfied (and, undoubtedly make more money) and really, isn't that something we can all wish for each other?

Nicole

 

[Oracular Vision]

He'll be back. They always come back. Even EGG came back after swearing not to.

 

[BadMojo]

Hey, it's not like the guy is gonna be working as a Ferret Rancher in North Dakota! Even if he isn't working on pen & paper RPG's, you will still be able to enjoy his creative output in different mediums.

For instance...

http://www.flyinglab.com/deltagreen/index.htm

Anyway, I think we should just wish him well and thank him for Delta Green, Unknown Armies and all of the other wonderful stuff he's done.

 

[ajanders]

Retirement

I do wish him great success. I must admit, however, I'm also sad: he has done a great deal of very good work that sits on my basic game design shelf.
He will be missed.
After all, no D&D campaign is an island...
So do not ask on whom the DM's notebook closes:
It closes upon thee.
(apologies to Dryden )

 

[Warchild]

This is REAL wierd because i had a round of emails with him very recently about his gaming work and his website. A couple things he said makes sense now when i asked him about further d20 products.

Damn, that is a downer.

Well, thats too bad, but hopefully he'll stay in the realm of entertainment in some form, he is a great talent.

 

[JohnNephew]

John will continue to edit the Unknown Armies line for us at Atlas Games, I should note. Indeed, the 2nd Edition is expected to arrive at our warehouse on July 8th. I'm hoping there will be a new sourcebook before year's end as well.

 

[William Ronald]

I wish John success in his new endeavours. I hope that he decides to check in with the gaming community from time to time.

Good luck, John!