Q&A with Jeff Berry

[aldarron]

Hey Jeff,

I think all of us have been interested in Dave's early gaming and the "old" players from the First Fantasy Campaign days, but we tend to hear a lot less about Dave's games, his life, and gamers he played with after the mid '70's.

I'm wondering if you know who he was playing with and what characters they might have played in the late '70's and the 80's. Some of those I guess are in TSR's DA series modules.

Was Dave's ex wife ever a gamer?

Thanks again for sharing what you know.

I don't have any information on his non-Tekumel gaming after 1980; I was pretty focused on working with Dave and Phil on their Tekumel publishing efforts, and didn't do much of anything else in gaming, so I'm not the best source for the period. I would suspect that the DA modules that Dave wrote have some of the information you're looking for, but I don't have copies for reference.

Dave's ex, Frankie, was not as far as I know a gamer in any way; she always used to regard us with a fair deal of alarm, both us Tekumel boat people and the AGI historicals crowd. We all tended to stay away from her as we didn't want to offend her and thus cause Dave any problems in his home life.

Sorry to be so narrowly specialized, and I'll try to find out more for you!

yours, Chirine

Thanks Chirine! In the meanwhile I'll ask about something you will know. What were Dave and Phils "Tekumel publishing efforts" that you were working on?