Edward E. Simbalist

Edward E Simbalist
Born (1943-09-05)5 September 1943
Canada
Died 12 March 2005(2005-03-12) (aged 61)
Edmonton, Canada
Occupation Writer, game designer, professor
Nationality Canadian
Period 1972–2005
Genre Role-playing games, fantasy, wargames

Edward E. Simbalist (5 September 1943 – 12 March 2005) was a role-playing game designer.

Career

Edward E. Simbalist and Wilf K. Backhaus designed a role-playing game called Chevalier, which they brought to Gen Con IX in 1976 with hopes to sell it to TSR; after witnessing Gary Gygax berate a staff member, Simbalist decided not to approach Gygax about the game.[1]:72 At the convention, they met Scott Bizar of Fantasy Games Unlimited, who was interested in the game and helped guide it to print over the next year as Chivalry & Sorcery, the first RPG from FGU.[1]:72 In the late 1970s, Bizar contact Simbalist and Phil McGregor to produce a science-fiction role-playing game, which was published in 1980 as Space Opera.[1]:73 Simbalist continued supervising his two RPG lines until FGU became unable to release new products.[1]:74

He was Canadian and lived in Edmonton. He also was a teacher at Edith Rodgers junior high school.

Books written or co-authored by Edward E. Simbalist

The Great Cats Book Volume one (SkillSkape) (2003), Mystic Station Designs
The Creatures Book Volume one (SkillSkape) (2004), Mystic Station Designs

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.

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