HeroGM Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 Happy Birthday Lord Liaden, Lawnmower Boy and rravenwood 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 A great loss to fandom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 If there was a Hero hall of fame, he'd be a first round inductee Chris Goodwin, Hermit, Lord Liaden and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeroGM Posted December 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 Id say him after Gygax and Arneson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 I still have a few of his works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 I met him at GenCon. Still have his photo somewhere If I Recall Correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeroGM Posted December 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 Strike Force remains one of his best, and his work on GAZ01 - Kingdom of Karameikos set a standard of what country books should be like. To me he is like Jack 'the King's Kirby. Kirby would drop little nuggets in the comics he wrote and you'd never hear of it again - Allston seemed to drop little nuggets the DM/GM could play with and go a completely different direction. Just a line here or there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 8, 2020 Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 Hero Games wouldn't have been what it was and is without Aaron Allston. His Strike Force was certainly seminal, but he co-wrote Justice Inc. which opened the pulp role-playing genre. He also gave us the first "lost world" setting tailored for gaming in that era, Lands of Mystery. Aaron created the first "organization book" for Champions, The Circle and M.E.T.E., introducing a new sub-category for supers gaming. His Ninja Hero invented the modular martial-arts system still used in Hero System. Aaron wrote the first Campaign Classic, Mythic Greece: The Age of Heroes, demonstrating how to tailor Hero System to fit a distinctive setting. And of course he edited Adventurers Club for several years. Steve, Christopher R Taylor and HeroGM 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Device Posted December 9, 2020 Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 I consider it a privilege to have gotten to game with him a few times, even if I never got to playin one of his games. And I'm sad that he never got to finish the new game system he was working on. It was a blast. mattingly 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rravenwood Posted December 9, 2020 Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 21 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: Aaron wrote the first Campaign Classic, Mythic Greece: The Age of Heroes He of course did write Mythic Greece and it was a wonderful book (never got to play a campaign based off it, but it was a great read), but the first "Campaign Classic" was actually Robin Hood, published the year before. </pedant> Aaron also published articles in the Space Gamer that kind of chronicled his discovery and embracing of Champions - and eventually ended up as editor of that magazine for a spell. Taken too soon... Lord Liaden 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylwin13 Posted December 9, 2020 Report Share Posted December 9, 2020 I have almost everything that Mr. Allston wrote for HERO. I'm working on getting the rest. This genre fiend/romantic is still sad that he never had the honor of meeting him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 10, 2020 Report Share Posted December 10, 2020 I have two copies of Strike Force. Just saying aylwin13 and mattingly 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 5 hours ago, death tribble said: I have two copies of Strike Force. Just saying [Sideshow Bob]: "DAMN You!!" [/Sideshow Bob] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KA. Posted December 11, 2020 Report Share Posted December 11, 2020 6 hours ago, death tribble said: I have two copies of Strike Force. Just saying My second copy is still shrink-wrapped. 😁 Many years ago, a small game store (in Texas maybe) listed one on Ebay. Just for the heck of it, I sent an email and asked if they had any more. The said that they had several copies that were brand new and still wrapped up in plastic. I think I may have even posted something here to let the other Hero fans know. ka. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylwin13 Posted December 16, 2020 Report Share Posted December 16, 2020 On 12/10/2020 at 12:02 PM, death tribble said: I have two copies of Strike Force. Just saying I had two copies, but I sold one (for a reasonable price) so I could share the awesomeness with someone else. Lord Liaden 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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