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 when Keith Herber departed from Chaosium in 1994, Willis replace him as the editor of the Cthulhu line.[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 the company in 1998, Willis stayed on with Chaosium as its editor-in-chief.[1]: 94
Willis left Chaosium in late 2008 due to ill health; at the time, he was the longest serving employee at Chaosium, having 30 years of experience with the company.[1]: 95
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On September 11, 2008, the President of Chaosium, Charlie Krank, informed the public that Willis had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.[4] Willis died on January 18, 2013.[5][6]
lynn, willis, died, january, 2013, wargame, role, playing, game, designer, best, known, work, with, metagaming, concepts, game, designers, workshop, chaosium, bornunited, statesdiedjanuary, 2013united, statesoccupation, game, designer, writer, contents, biogra. 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 Lynn WillisBornUnited StatesDiedJanuary 18 2013United StatesOccupation s Game designer writer Contents 1 Biography 2 Death 3 References 4 External linksBiography editWillis 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 when Keith Herber departed from Chaosium in 1994 Willis replace him as the editor of the Cthulhu line 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 the company in 1998 Willis stayed on with Chaosium as its editor in chief 1 94 Willis left Chaosium in late 2008 due to ill health at the time he was the longest serving employee at Chaosium having 30 years of experience with the company 1 95 Death editOn September 11 2008 the President of Chaosium Charlie Krank informed the public that Willis had been diagnosed with Parkinson s disease 4 Willis died on January 18 2013 5 6 References edit a b c d e f g h i j Shannon Appelcline 2011 Designers amp Dragons Mongoose Publishing ISBN 978 1 907702 58 7 Charles S Roberts H G Wells Award Winners 1986 Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts amp Design Archived from the original on 2008 04 15 Retrieved 2008 09 25 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 Chaosium com Archived 2012 08 05 at the Wayback Machine Lynn Willis Rest In Peace Archived 2013 01 22 at the Wayback Machine Harris M Lentz III 29 May 2014 Obituaries in the Performing Arts 2013 McFarland p 401 ISBN 978 0 7864 6953 6 External links editLynn Willis at BoardGameGeek Official Chaosium Staff profile of Willis 1 Willis archive at the Wayback Machine archived October 4 2007 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lynn Willis amp oldid 1183106342, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
