The Freelancer Name Game

[Nightfall]

Ooo! So do me a favor Steve, say I'm a freelancer and maybe someone will pick me too!

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Benjamin Durbin

 

[hong]

I wouldn't be half the pimp I am without EN World!

 

[Eosin the Red]

Steve Long, d20 freelancer.....Hero owner. I still look at pretty much everything he puts out.

 

[Eosin the Red]

As a side note....I have yet to pick up anything by Barendur so I cannot comment. The Mouse of the dark (Mouseferatu) has gotten a few of my $ and it was money well spent.

BotR rocked......Loeb needs to write more.

 

[Mouseferatu]

As a side note....I have yet to pick up anything by Barendur so I cannot comment. The Mouse of the dark (Mouseferatu) has gotten a few of my $ and it was money well spent.

BotR rocked......Loeb needs to write more.

And the Mouse appreciates it.

For my own tastes, I tend to pick up books based almost solely on topic, so I don't have many "must-buy" authors. But a few people do truly stand out...

Gareth Hanrahan. (I liked his work on Sorcery & Steam so much, I went out and convinced one of my employers to let me hire him on to a project I'm developing.)

Mike Mearls. (Duh.)

Some might think it inappropriate for me to say C.A. Suleiman, since we work together more often than not. But then, if I didn't like his stuff, I wouldn't work with him.

Bruce Baugh. He's World of Darkness more'n D20, but I've yet to see him produce something I dislike.

Mike Gill. I think he's only done Scarred Lands stuff to date (not that there's anything wrong with that), but I'd love to see him branch out.

And I'm absolutely positive I'm forgetting some. I'd do a lot better if you asked me which freelancers I liked working with; I have a hard time remembering who wrote what, and I'm trying (as requested) not to cheat and go through my bookshelf.

 

[trancejeremy]

Matt Forbeck. His 7 Cities was absolutely brilliant, and is one of the reasons I rushed out (er, virtually) and ordered Redhurst Academy

Mike Mearls, which is why his working for Malhavoc exclusively now is something of a disappointment, as I'm not a big fan of AU or their stuff in general.

Tim O'Brien, who was one of my favorite WEG authors. I saw his name in a d20 book, and bought it just because of him.

 

[d20Dwarf]

Matt Forbeck. His 7 Cities was absolutely brilliant, and is one of the reasons I rushed out (er, virtually) and ordered Redhurst Academy

Don't forget Dragonstar!

 

[pogre]

I'm a big Wil Upchurch fan - I think our gaming tastes must match. Naturally, I'm a big fan of Benjamin Durbin too, but really he is a publisher.

 

[Morgenstern]

I believe Patrick was a freelancer when he wrote the first Spycraft book but has since moved on to become part of AEG's staff (at least for the time being).

Nope. Pat's always been staff. Alex Flagg, Clayton Oliver, B.D. Flory and myself are the most frequent "crunch" freelancers on that line .

I'm finding I consistently like Charles Rice's stuff (The "BVlood &..." ANd the new d20 Excalibur).