I was sorry to hear of the passing of Steve Perrin this past
Thursday. As was fitting, most of the game industry learned of it through the
obituary Chaosium Inc. posted on its website, as that is the company most
associated with his work. Also a founding member of the Society for Creative
Anachronism, Perrin brought his first games, the boardgame White Bear &
Red Moon and the RPG RuneQuest, to Chaosium, which published them in
’76 and ’78. Although Perrin only remained employed by Chaosium for a few
years, his work is inextricably linked with the company as he developed or
contributed to the RPGS, Call of
Cthulhu, Stormbringer, Worlds of Wonder , SuperWorld, Elfquest and many
others, over 125 at least. If you played an RPG during the 1980s, chances are
it was influenced by his work. Over the next 30 years, he worked in both the
tabletop and computer gaming industry, recently returning to Chaosium as a
creative consultant. Saying goodbye is never easy but the world is better for
having had Steve Perrin in it.
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