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Eric Wujcik gestorben

Begonnen von Argamae, 09. Juni 2008, 14:06:15

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Die Original-Pressemitteilung von der Palladium Games Homepage:
ZitatErick Wujcik Passes Quietly

Beloved role-playing game designer, Erick Wujcik, passed away Saturday evening, June 7, 2008. He died from complications related to pancreatic and liver cancer. Kathryn Kozora, his sweetheart of nearly 30 years, and other loved ones were at his side.

Erick was diagnosed with cancer in late November, 2007 and given 6-8 weeks to live. True to Erick's indomitable spirit and zest for life, he proved the doctors wrong by lasting more than six months. Most of that time was spent with friends and loved ones.

Erick Wujcik's accomplishments are many.

To the role-playing game community, Erick is best known for his many RPG games and contributions to Palladium Books®, including The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles® RPG, several TMNT® sourcebooks, After the Bomb® RPG and sourcebooks for it, Ninjas & Superspies™, Mystic China™, Rifts® China One and Two, Revised RECON®, Wolfen Empire™ and many others. He is also famous for Amber® Diceless, the first truly "diceless" role-playing game, published under Erick's own label, Phage Press. Erick also published Amberzine® and founded Ambercon™, a series of conventions celebrating gaming, friendship and the world of Amber, hosted at numerous locations around the world.

Erick Wujcik was also the founder, heart and soul of the Detroit Gaming Center, served as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Game Design at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2003-2008), and worked in the videogame industry for the last several years, including UbiSoft China and most recently, as Senior Game Design/Writer at Totally Games, Novato, California.

Erick Wujcik's greatest accomplishment, however, is his contagious joy for life and love of ideas and imagination that inspired people around the world. Whether they were one of his students at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, fellow game designers, or fans sitting in the audience at a convention or seminar listening to Erick speak, to those who had the pleasure of gaming with Erick (he loved to run games at conventions and everywhere he went), to those who knew him best, they couldn't help but to love him. Even the millions who only knew him through his published works or communicated with him online, considered him a friend.

Erick is survived by Kathyrn Kozora, Kate's granddaughter – his beloved Sara, mother Nora, sister Peggy, his Aunt Mary and Uncle Sam and Nancy, along with dozens of aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.

Erick's last months of life were the same as he had always lived, full of friendship, joy, grace and beauty. He went quietly into the night, like a snowflake falling gently from the heavens.

– Kevin Siembieda, Palladium Books®
Vielen jüngeren Spielern dürfte der Name Eric Wujcik nix sagen, aber alle, die sich mal intensiver mit Palladium Games und ihren zahlreichen Rollenspielen [RIFTS, Beyond the Supernatural, Heroes Unlimited, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT], etc.) auseinander gesetzt haben, werden sich sicher erinnern. Ich mochte besonders das abgefahrene und äußerst "kultige" (auch, wenn der Begriff Abnutzungserscheinungen aufweist) TMNT Rollenspiel, in dem man neben den namensgebenden "Schildkröten" auch allerlei andere intelligente Tiere spielen konnte - ja, sogar richtig kreiern konnte. Auch das "After the Bomb" Setting, das die Welt von TMNT nuklear unter- und ein Endzeitszenario aufgehen ließ, hat mir immer gut gefallen. Es war einfach genial schräg.

Danke für ein paar gelungene Rollenspiele und Quellenbücher, Eric.  [19]
In Memoriam Gary Gygax (1938-2008), Dave Arneson (1947-2009), Joe Dever (1956-2016), Greg Stafford (1948-2018), Terry K. Amthor (1958-2021) und Ingo Schulze (1977-2021)
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