Not necessarily famous d20 game designers
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jaerdaph
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I really liked what I saw from Michael Tresca (Talien) this year (RPGObjects Blood and Brains and Blood and Spooks). He's like the Mike Mearls of d20 Modern for me. Note to self: pick up Frost and Fur ASAP!
Patrick Younts also really impressed me this year with his Visions line through Ronin Arts: Stitches and The Pumpkin Patch were very good, but Phantasmal Memories was absolutely a delightful Gothic horror treat!
Patrick Younts also really impressed me this year with his Visions line through Ronin Arts: Stitches and The Pumpkin Patch were very good, but Phantasmal Memories was absolutely a delightful Gothic horror treat!
talien
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jaerdaph said:
Whoa, thank you for the compliment! I have to give a shout out to Ari (my fellow MonkeyGod survivor), Joe Goodman (fantastic to work with), and Chuck, Master of all Things D20 Modern.
Being compared to Mike Mearls is an honor (I'd give him a shout out too but everybody knows who Mearls is), but undeserved. I've only written a handful of books for D20 Modern. If anyone deserves the "most likely to be a caffeinated robot" for D20 Modern, it's Chuck. He has written a bazillion D20 Modern books and is writing more every day. And just about everything Chris and Chuck produce gets nominated for an ENnie!
Henry
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Monsieur Tresca, I've been impressed with your work m'self. 
Particularly the bit-article you did in Dragon about alternatives to detect evil, not to mention the older setting conversions for Ghostbusters, Terminator, etc. the Det. Evil is the first time I've considered variants of the paladin ability for my games.
Mearls has been know more recently, but until he joined Monte at Malhavoc, I'd have considered him the James Brown of RPG's (minus the domestic disturbances, of course) - he's penned some of the better-received gaming materials out there, but you'd never know his name. I know I never used to pay attention to designers' names much until I started my visits to Eric's site and ENWorld - now it's actually a thrill for me personally to pick up a book, look at the article, and say to the author online, "hey, nice job, so-and-so!" Or looking at a Dragon letters column and realizing I personally know half the respondents in there.
Particularly the bit-article you did in Dragon about alternatives to detect evil, not to mention the older setting conversions for Ghostbusters, Terminator, etc. the Det. Evil is the first time I've considered variants of the paladin ability for my games.Mearls has been know more recently, but until he joined Monte at Malhavoc, I'd have considered him the James Brown of RPG's (minus the domestic disturbances, of course) - he's penned some of the better-received gaming materials out there, but you'd never know his name. I know I never used to pay attention to designers' names much until I started my visits to Eric's site and ENWorld - now it's actually a thrill for me personally to pick up a book, look at the article, and say to the author online, "hey, nice job, so-and-so!" Or looking at a Dragon letters column and realizing I personally know half the respondents in there.
Ranger REG
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Like I said earlier, you'd have to sleep through the 80's and 90's to NOT know about them.Vigilance said:
Then again, I forget that this is no longer an old man's game.
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jaerdaph
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talien said:
It's the quality, not the quantity, that made me make the comparison.
As for Chuck and Chris, I have them in my "famous favorites" column. Same with Gareth Hanrahan (Mongoose Publishing's OGL Horror). Gareth Skarka too (Adamant Entertainment/Thrilling Tales/Skull & Bones). And Bruce Baugh. Lots of great stuff from them this year and over the years.
Anyhow, good luck, Miichael, and keep up the great work.
broghammerj
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Ghostwind:
You mentioned Monte Cook twice!. Although I don't see anything Freudian about it. Watch out around here. Someone is likely to call you Monte's fanboy
You mentioned Monte Cook twice!. Although I don't see anything Freudian about it. Watch out around here. Someone is likely to call you Monte's fanboy
James Heard
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Ted Zuvich, who I think only wrote a couple of Dungeon magazine adventures - but they're my favorite adventures that I didn't go through in Jr. High School. They're priceless.
