Lynn Willis


















Lynn Willis
Born
United States
Died January 18, 2013
United States
Occupation Game designer, writer

Lynn Willis (died January 18, 2013) was a wargame and role-playing game designer, best known for his work with Metagaming Concepts, Game Designers' Workshop (GDW), and Chaosium.




Contents






  • 1 Biography


  • 2 Death


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Biography


Willis began by designing science fiction wargames for Metagaming Concepts, starting with Godsfire in 1976.[1]:78 He designed the MicroGames Olympica (1978) and Holy War (1979).[1]:79 Chaosium published Lords of the Middle Sea (1978),[1]:82 and Willis joined Chaosium in 1978.[1]:83 GDW published Bloodtree Rebellion (1979). Willis's relationship with Chaosium proved the most enduring; he would turn to role-playing games. He helped founder Greg Stafford trim and refine the RuneQuest rules into Basic Role-Playing, the rules that would serve as the base for many of Chaosium's RPG lines.[1]:85 He wrote the Call of Cthulhu campaign The Masks of Nyarlathotep (1984) with Larry DiTillio.[1]:86 He was included in the design credits for Worlds of Wonder (1982) and the Ringworld RPG (1984).


With other members of Chaosium, he co-wrote the Ghostbusters RPG for West End Games, which won the H.G. Wells Award for Best Role-playing Rules of 1986.[2] Willis co-designed the fifth edition of Call of Cthulhu with Sandy Petersen, and replaced Keith Herber as line editor of Cthulhu when Herber left Chaosium in 1994.[1]:90 He worked with Petersen again for the sixth edition of Call of Cthulhu.[3] Willis created the game Elric! with Richard Watts as a new Basic Role-Playing version of Stormbringer.[1]:91 After Greg Stafford left Chaosium in 1998, Willis stayed on as editor-in-chief.[1]:94


Willis left Chaosium in late 2008 due to health issues; at the time, he was the longest serving Chaosium employee, with 30 years of experience with the company.[1]:95



Death


On September 11, 2008, the President of Chaosium, Charlie Krank, informed the public that Willis had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.[4] Krank later reported that Willis died on January 18, 2013.[5][6]



References





  1. ^ abcdefghij Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Charles S. Roberts/H.G. Wells Award Winners (1986)". Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design. Archived from the original on 2008-04-15. Retrieved 2008-09-25.


  3. ^ "Chaosium Inc.(Nameless Cults: The Cthulhu Mythos Fiction Of Robert E. Howard)(Secrets of Japan: Surviving the Mythos in Present-Day Japan)(Call Of Cthulhu, 6th ed.)". Library Bookwatch. May 1, 2005. Archived from the original on March 29, 2015. – via HighBeam Research (subscription required)


  4. ^ Chaosium.com Archived 2013-01-19 at WebCite


  5. ^ Lynn Willis: Rest In Peace Archived 2013-01-22 at the Wayback Machine


  6. ^ Harris M. Lentz III. Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2013. p. 401. ISBN 978-0-7864-6953-6.




External links




  • Lynn Willis at BoardGameGeek

  • Official Chaosium Staff profile of Willis

  • [1]


  • Willis archive at the Wayback Machine (archived October 4, 2007)















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