#RPGaDAY2015 is the brainchild of game designer Dave Chapman. Basically, each day in August there is a question about RPGs. This is day 11.
Favourite RPG Writer: Are you shitting me? Wow. This one is super difficult. I mean, there are RPG writers I like and whose name will mean that I will definitely give something a look, but I really don’t think I have a “favourite.” I’m looking at my bookshelf of RPGs and nothing jumps out and kicks me in the face.
I guess I have to go with E. Gary Gygax. Listen, he’s not the best writer, not the best designer, and maybe somebody else would have done it if he hadn’t. He wasn’t the sole creator of D&D, but he represents the creation of D&D. He’s more an icon than a writer. I appreciate him in the way I appreciate George Lucas – sure he could hang himself given enough rope, but look what he brought into the world. Look at it!