1. Loren Keith Wiseman was an American wargame and role-playing game designer, game developer and editor.
13 Facts About Loren Wiseman
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Loren Wiseman helped Frank Chadwick, John Harshman, and Marc Miller design Traveller.
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Loren Wiseman was editor of the Journal of the Travellers Aid Society, and its successor Challenge magazine.
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When GDW closed in 1995, Loren Wiseman was unemployed for a short time and then worked a succession of part-time jobs, before being offered a job at Steve Jackson Games as Art Director and Traveller Line Editor.
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Steve Jackson brought on Loren Wiseman to produce the GURPS Traveller line.
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Loren Wiseman wrote GURPS Traveller and several supporting products, including GURPS Traveller Nobles and The Interstellar Wars.
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In 2003 Loren Wiseman was Gaming Guest of Honor at the 26th CoastCon science fiction convention.
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In 2004, Loren Wiseman received perhaps the highest of honors within the gaming community: he was inducted into the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame, and the above recounting of his credits gives some insight into the rationale.
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Loren Wiseman was honored as a "famous game designer" by being featured as the king of clubs in Flying Buffalo's 2010 Famous Game Designers Playing Card Deck.
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Reports on Facebook and at Steve Jackson Games report that Loren Wiseman died of a heart attack on February 14,2017.
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Loren Wiseman had written "The City of Ascalon" for publication as part of the Dangerous Journeys RPG, but work was halted by the settlement GDW made with TSR.
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Since Loren Wiseman retained the rights to Ascalon, it could still be published as a standalone generic RPG supplement.
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Loren Wiseman sold the rights to Donald Eccles, who later formed FGG Games, LLC in 2023 to publish Ascalon and other works.