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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:11 am

Green Ronin has announced "Hobby Games: the 100 Best", a long tome (400 pages!) with a long and very distinguished listing of essaysts:

   * Justin Achilli
   * Shannon Appelcline
   * Wolfgang Baur
   * Mike Bennighof
   * Richard H. Berg
   * Uli Blennemann
   * Bill Bodden (appendix)
   * Mike Breault
   * Bill Bridges
   * Stan! Brown
   * Timothy Brown
   * Alessio Cavatore
   * William W. Connors
   * David "Zeb" Cook
   * Monte Cook
   * Peter Corless
   * Greg Costikyan
   * Tom Dalgliesh
   * Richard Dansky
   * Dale Donovan
   * James F. Dunnigan (afterword)
   * Jack Emmert
   * James Ernest
   * Bruno Faidutti
   * Mike Fitzgerald
   * Matt Forbeck
   * Anthony J. Gallela
   * Richard Garfield
   * Marc Gascoigne
   * Ed Greenwood
   * Jeff Grubb
   * Gary Gygax
   * Scott Haring
   * Larry Harris
   * Shane Lacy Hensley
   * Tracy Hickman
   * Kenneth Hite
   * Steve Jackson (Games Workshop)
   * Steve Jackson (Steve Jackson Games)
   * Paul Jaquays
   * Tom Jolly
   * William Jones
   * Steve Kenson
   * Chris "Gerry" Klug
   * Reiner Knizia (foreword)
   * John Kovalic
   * Thomas Lehmann
   * Nicole Lindroos
   * Ian Livingstone
   * Dana Lombardy
   * Steven S. Long
   * Rick Loomis
   * Andrew Looney
   * James Lowder (introduction)
   * Marc W. Miller
   * Joseph Miranda
   * Alan R. Moon
   * Bruce Nesmith
   * Douglas Niles
   * Christian T. Petersen
   * Sandy Petersen
   * Mike Pondsmith
   * Chris Pramas
   * Lewis Pulsipher
   * John D. Rateliff
   * Ted S. Raicer
   * Philip Reed
   * Thomas M. Reid
   * R.A. Salvatore
   * R. Hyrum Savage
   * Steven Savile
   * Steven E. Schend
   * Jesse Scoble
   * Mike Selinker
   * Bruce C. Shelley
   * Zev Shlasinger
   * Lester Smith
   * Warren Spector
   * Ken St. Andre
   * Greg Stafford
   * Greg Stolze
   * S. Craig Taylor, Jr.
   * Gav Thorpe
   * Jeff Tidball
   * John Scott Tynes
   * Allen Varney
   * George Vasilakos
   * Martin Wallace
   * James Wallis
   * James M. Ward
   * Darren Watts
   * Tom Wham
   * Jordan Weisman
   * John Wick
   * Stewart Wieck
   * JD Wiker
   * Skip Williams
   * Kevin Wilson
   * Ray Winninger
   * Steve Winter
   * Teeuwynn Woodruff
   * Erick Wujcik
   * Phil Yates
   * Lou Zocchi

More info here: http://www.greenronin.com/store/grr4001#support

It is already on my to buy list fro my friend going to GenCon, along the Gen Con commemorative book...[/i]

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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:55 am

Knew about it like 8 months ago, but it should be interesting since the authors weren't allowed to talk about any games they created or developed... so you get a sort of more accurate "what's good" from that.

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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:04 pm

good list with oldtimers also but interesting omissions too. lee gold who she? :roll:

no arneson = lol. sounds worth a read

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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:09 pm

Rakeesh sah Tarna wrote:good list with oldtimers also but interesting omissions too. lee gold who she?
no arneson = lol. sounds worth a read

Truthfully, I would be surprised to find out if he was asked and actually turned it down. I am just speculating on that though, but through everything you read, its almost like DA's initials should have been DH instead. :wink:

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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 1:48 pm

Rakeesh sah Tarna wrote:good list with oldtimers also but interesting omissions too. lee gold who she?
no arneson = lol. sounds worth a read

Isn't Lee Gold the editor and publisher and sales department, ect... for the Alarums and Excursions fanzine?

And isn't Lee a guy?

"But I have watched the dragons come, fire-eyed, across the world."

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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 6:48 pm

Lee Gold is indeed a woman, and is the founder and all those of other things of Alarums and Excursions, as well as the designer of FGU's Land of the Rising Sun.

Allen

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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:34 pm

Looks like one I'll have to keep an eye out for at the store. That's a great list of names on board there, and I can't wait to read it!

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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:12 pm

384 editorials + many other columns games and articles including in dragon #1 where tim highly recommends a+e

am guessing she was not asked.

if not. tim is another obvious name missing

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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:58 pm

Rakeesh sah Tarna wrote:384 editorials + many other columns games and articles including in dragon #1 where tim highly recommends a+e
am guessing she was not asked. if not. tim is another obvious name missing

It has taken me until now to realize that Lee Gold is not on the list and that your question was rhetorical. :oops:

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