S. John Ross

S. John Ross was born Samuel John Ross, Junior in Cumberland, Maryland on July 15, 1971, the son of Sam and Donna Ross. He began writing professionally in 1990, and has also served stints as an editor and done graphic production work.

Quotation|I have said this before, but it bears repeating: S. John Ross is probably, word for word and sentence for sentence, the best writer working in gaming today. His skills in setting design, story construction, and general fun-providing are similarly mighty, honed by years in various industry salt mines and decades of practical role-playing experience.|Kenneth Hite [cite web|url= http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=77
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Publishers

Ross is known primarily as a writer of role-playing game material, including work for:

*Avalon Hill
*Guardians of Order
*Steve Jackson Games
*TSR, Inc.
*Wizards of the Coast

Works

S. John Ross wrote the following notable works:

*"GURPS Russia" and "GURPS Warehouse 23" for Steve Jackson Games (also, co-authored "GURPS Grimoire" and "GURPS Black Ops")
*"Among the Clans: The Andorians" and the "Star Trek Narrator's Toolkit" for Last Unicorn Games
*"" for Guardians of Order
*"Risus: The Anything RPG" and "Points in Space" for Cumberland Games & Diversions
*The "Pokethulhu Adventure Game" for Squishy Brain Games
* [http://www.io.com/~sjohn/plots.htm “The Big List of RPG Plots”]

Ross is also the creator of "Sparks" paper miniatures. He was editor and developer of "The Silicon Valley Tarot", and the 2nd Edition of "Murphy's Rules".

He was briefly the editor of the "Pyramid" magazine, for which he received an Origins award nomination.

Ross is the owner and creator of Cumberland Games and Diversions, a web-based electronic publishing company specializing in game-related documents and TrueType fonts.

S. John Ross is married to Sandra Ross.

References

External links

* [http://www.io.com/~sjohn The Blue Room]
* [http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=1019 Pen & Paper listing for S. John Ross]
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