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Who is the Best RPG Author/Designer.....

Started by Mcrow, September 11, 2006, 05:49:34 PM

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Mcrow

September 11, 2006, 05:49:34 PM
In you opinion of course.

Mine
#1-- David Pulver -- All the GURPS stuff, BESM 2ed & d20, Tri-Stat DX

#2--Mike Mearls--best d20 author IMO

#3--CJ Carella -- Buffy,Witchcraft, Rifts stuff.

JamesV

#1
September 11, 2006, 05:56:26 PM
I have to ditto your nominations for Pulver and Carella and throw in Eric Wujcik just for making TMNT. Aaron Allston gets props for compiling the Rules Cyclopedia, and I think Luke Crane qualifies as an up and comer for taking some of those hippy dippy theme-game ideas and infusing them with a traditional game in Burning Wheel, it's good stuff.
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September 11, 2006, 05:59:50 PM
Mike Mearls is right there at the top of my list.
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#3
September 11, 2006, 05:59:54 PM
Man, I seriously have wayyyy too many to list (and more than a few that frequent this board).  I don't think I can decide...
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September 11, 2006, 06:04:55 PM
Quote from: Zachary The FirstMan, I seriously have wayyyy too many to list (and more than a few that frequent this board).  I don't think I can decide...
yeah, I know I forgot to put Wujcek on mine. he should be in the top five for sure.

Akrasia

#5
September 11, 2006, 07:00:41 PM
Quote from: JamesV... Aaron Allston gets props for compiling the Rules Cyclopedia....

Of course, Allston's Rules Cyclopedia is simply a compilation of rules already found in the Mentzer box sets (and the Basic and Expert Mentzer sets, in turn, were pretty much slightly revised versions of the Moldvay Basic and Cook Expert sets).

Nonetheless, the Rules Cyclopedia is one sweet book.  And Allston's work on Mystara is worthy of much praise!
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#6
September 11, 2006, 07:41:13 PM
Best in RPGs overall? Can't think of a dang one.

Best in mythic RPGs? John Wick. Take a close look at the Wick editions of Legend of the Five Rings and 7th Sea plus his Orc and Cat. Note how each approaches the subject as the home and the source of legend. Note how the first two changed in the hands of others, losing their focus and that which made them what they were. Under Wick Legend of the Five Rings was a game about a land and a people doomed to fail. Fail in their charge to protect the world from chaos and destruction. But determined to carry on regardless of their fate, for that is what honor requires of them. Once L5R was put in the hands of others it became nothing more than a bog standard pseudo-Japan with no reason for being than neat cutlery and strange critters.
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September 11, 2006, 09:32:17 PM
Tie: Sean Punch and David Pulver.
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#8
September 11, 2006, 09:46:16 PM
For me?

Gygax. He set the standards. I want to say Arneson, too, but he is much more reclusive and his influence on the hobby less well-documented and clearly quantifiable.

The Delta Green guys (although I found their other big title, Unknown Armies, to be way too self-indulgent, poseur-edgy and generally inaccessable to be worth more than a bemused read).

Steve Long has done more great RPG sourcebooks recently than I could ever have thought possible from one man. Star Hero, Fantasy Hero, Pulp Hero, Dark Champions, Hudson City, etc. He's earned himself a place in the all-time top five greats in as many years!
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September 11, 2006, 11:15:58 PM
In no particular order, my favorites are:

  • Robin Laws
  • Mike Mearls
  • Jonathan Tweet
  • Vincent Baker
  • Ron Edwards
  • Frank Chadwick (author of Twilight: 2000 and long-time president of GDW.)
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#10
September 12, 2006, 01:18:49 AM
Personally, I can't stand CJ Carrella, but that's for personal reasons.

Whose the best, though?

Beats me, most of them out there are pretty good.
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#11
September 12, 2006, 01:55:18 AM
For my money?

Robin Laws has yet to disappoint. Maybe because Heroquest's tidy little system made my geek erection grow three feet, maybe because his GM's advice has never not been spot-on for me, maybe for some curious metaphysical reason I don't know about yet. But I can always trust Robin to serve up something I'll like.

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September 12, 2006, 03:41:03 AM
No love for Monte Cook?
 

Christmas Ape

#13
September 12, 2006, 03:45:18 AM
Quote from: Hastur T. FannonNo love for Monte Cook?
I've always put Monte up there as my favorite d20 designer of all time. I just stopped playing d20, so I guess he didn't really enter into my consideration. A year ago I'd have included him right off the bat.
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