Edward E. Simbalist
Edward E Simbalist | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 September 1943 Canada |
| Died | 12 March 2005 (aged 61) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Occupations | Game designer, teacher |
| Writing career | |
| Period | 1972–2005 |
| Genres | Role-playing games, fantasy, wargames |
Edward E. Simbalist (5 September 1943 – 12 March 2005)[1] was a Canadian role-playing game designer and high school teacher. He is best known for co-designing Chivalry & Sorcery and Space Opera.
Edward E. Simbalist and Wilf K. Backhaus brought a prototype of Chivalry & Sorcery to Gen Con IX in 1976 with hopes to sell it to TSR. After witnessing Gary Gygax berating a staff member, Simbalist decided not to approach him about the game.[2]: 72 Instead, at the same convention, the pair met Scott Bizar of Fantasy Games Unlimited, who published the game over the following year.[2]: 72 A few years later Bizar commissioned Simbalist and Phil McGregor to design a science-fiction role-playing game, which was published in 1980 as Space Opera.[2]: 73 Simbalist supervised both of these role-playing game lines until FGU ceased to release new products.[2]: 74 The last edition of one of his games to appear during his lifetime was Chivalry & Sorcery Light in 2001.
Simbalist lived in Edmonton and taught at Edith Rodgers junior high school.
Selected works
- Chevalier (1976), self-publisher
- Chivalry & Sorcery (1977), Fantasy Games Unlimited
- Bireme and Galley: Naval Warfare, Egypt to Lepanto (Chivalry & Sorcery) (1978), Fantasy Games Unlimited
- Chivalry & Sorcery Sourcebook (1978), Fantasy Games Unlimited
- Destrier (Chivalry & Sorcery) (1978), Fantasy Games Unlimited
- Swords & Sorcerers (Chivalry & Sorcery) (1978), Fantasy Games Unlimited
- Arden (Chivalry & Sorcery) (1979), Fantasy Games Unlimited
- Saurians (Chivalry & Sorcery) (1979), Fantasy Games Unlimited
- Space Opera (1980), Fantasy Games Unlimited
- Chivalry & Sorcery Sourcebook 2 (1981), Fantasy Games Unlimited
- Ground & Air Equipment (Space Opera) (1981), Fantasy Games Unlimited
- Seldon's Compendium of Starcraft 1 (Space Opera) (1981), Fantasy Games Unlimited
- Star Sector Atlas 1: the Terran Sector (Space Opera) (1981), Fantasy Games Unlimited
- Star Sector Atlas 2: The Mercantile League (Space Opera) (1982), Fantasy Games Unlimited
- Chivalry & Sorcery 2nd edition (1983), Fantasy Games Unlimited
- Chivalry & Sorcery Sourcebook 1 & 2, 2nd Ed. (1983), Fantasy Games Unlimited
- Swords & Sorcerers, 2nd Ed. (Chivalry & Sorcery) (1983), Fantasy Games Unlimited
- Seldon's Compendium of Starcraft 2 (Space Opera) (1984), Fantasy Games Unlimited
- Star Sector, Atlas 3 (Space Opera) (1984), Fantasy Games Unlimited
- Star Sector, Atlas 5 (Space Opera) (1985), Fantasy Games Unlimited
- Seldon's Compendium of Starcraft 3 (Space Opera) (1988), Fantasy Games Unlimited
- Chivalry & Sorcery 3rd edition (1996), Highlander Designs
- Creatures Bestiary (Chivalry & Sorcery) (1997), Highlander Designs
- Game Master's Handbook (Chivalry & Sorcery) (1997), Highlander Designs
- Armourers' Companion (Chivalry & Sorcery) (1999), Britannia Game Designs Ltd
- Chivalry & Sorcery Light (1999), Britannia Game Designs Ltd
- Knights' Companion (Chivalry & Sorcery) (1999), Britannia Game Designs Ltd
- Chivalry & Sorcery: The Rebirth (4th edition - 2000), Britannia Game Designs Ltd
- Chivalry & Sorcery Red Book (2000), GameStuff Inc., free download pdf
- Chivalry & Sorcery Light (2001), Brittannia Game Designs & Maple Leaf Games
- Game Master's Toolkit Volume 1 (Chivalry & Sorcery) (2002), Mystic Station Designs
- The Great Cats Book Volume One (SkillSkape) (2003), Mystic Station Designs
- The Creatures Book Volume One (SkillSkape) (2004), Mystic Station Designs