Q&A with Jeff Berry

[chirine ba kal]

Loving this as usual Jeff!

Artist Ken Fletcher and typesetter Sarah Prince were not part of this crowd, but came in from local F/SF fandom. Miniatures sculptor Steve Lortz also lurked around the place, primarily as a free-lance writer.

Can you tell us something else about Ken Fletcher and Steve Lortz? Both are listed as original Blackmoor players. Lortz played Lortz Kharnundrhum the Dwarf, and I suspect Fletcher may have been the inspiration for the NPC Fletcher Williams of Blackmoor University.

-Havard

Ken is a local artist who's known internationally in F?SF fandom for his artwork and cartoons. He's also been involved with local gaming for decades, both in RPGs and miniatures; he was my co-conspirator in putting on the infamous "Great Mos Eisley Spaceport Raid", for example. Ken was one of the 'staff illustrators' at AGI, and was also one of the most prolific of the Tekumel artists. Sculptor, too; he did a pack-bearer for me, just because we didn't have any.

Steve Lortz is a sculptor and game designer, and did some of the best (and funniest!) miniatures that have ever been cast. One heck of a sense of humor, and co-author with his brother of "Panzer Pranks", a board game that accurately simulates WW II combat as it actually happened in the movies. (British troops stop for tea, Americans have tanks with Coke machines, der Churmadz haff der troublez understandink der own terrible akkzents, and players get a combat bonus for doing sound effects while firing their weapons.)

Two of the most talented and funniest people in gaming; were part of the "Aztec Baseball Incident" at the Adventure Games office, where Steve was the Catcher and Ken the Umpire.

yours, Chirine

yours, Chirine