S. John Ross

So, Marcus L. Rowland has cropped up three times on my #HTTRPG timeline so far, never with a full-on, no-asterisks HTT adventure but with some interesting patterns.

In 1983, I flag one of his adventure seeds (in White Dwarf) as "HTT mainly by virtue of being just a seed, rather than any kind of design commitment."

In 1990 I find myself flagging another seed with the exact same note, but THIS time he also includes some playtest notes, and he was clearly something of an HTT Game Master. 😅

Mar 17 at 11:33pmWeb
Show threadChukG6d ago
@SJohnRoss He's on Dreamwidth, you could ask him.
Show threadS. John Ross6d ago

@ChukG Too early! But once I've got the timeline in better shape and I feel sufficiently expert on the library of the surviving designers (sadly, several of them aren't alive anymore) I intend to contact as many as I can.

One will be extra easy; the very earliest HTT module I've found is by Guy McLimore, who was a Cumberland booster in the early days!

Show threadS. John Ross6d ago
@ChukG (Similarly, I intend to contact the small group of amazing FRP city guide designers who've been like the patron saints of Hammondal ... but not yet!)