- 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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accessdate=2007-08-31]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:
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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" forSquishy 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 andTrueType 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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