Yesterday, the game designer N. Robin Crossby passed away.
Crossby is remembered for creating Hârn, a fantasy setting second to none in its attention to realism, and for keeping the setting and the game going for 25 years. Hârn has also inspired a devoted, creative and amazingly productive fandom.
I must admit that I have only a passing familiarity with Crossby’s work, but what little I have read managed to be realistic while retaining a certain sense of wonder about it. It was good.
Rest in peace, Robin Crossby.
The year is getting grimmer by the month.
Worlds in a Handful of Dice 