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Wilf K. Backhaus
Wilfried Karl Backhaus (7 November 1946 – 14 October 2009) was a role-playing game designer, business professor, and lawyer. Career Wilf K. Backhaus and Edward E. Simbalist designed a role-playing game called ''Chevalier'', which they brought to Gen Con IX in 1976 with hopes to sell it to TSR, Inc., TSR; after witnessing Gary Gygax berate a staff member, Simbalist decided not to approach Gygax about the game. At the convention, they met Scott Bizar of Fantasy Games Unlimited, who was interested in the game and helped to get it published over the next year as ''Chivalry & Sorcery'', the first role-playing game from Fantasy Games Unlimited. Published in 1977, ''Chivalry & Sorcery'' (C&S) was an early competitor to ''Dungeons & Dragons''. Backhaus and Simbalist also authored ''Chivalry & Sorcery Sourcebook, The Chivalry & Sorcery Sourcebook'' (1978), and ''Chivalry & Sorcery'', 2nd edition (1984). Backhaus founded the "Loyal Order of Chivalry & Sorcery" (Locs) and was a baron in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Book (C&S)
The Red Book is a trademark of Gamestuff Inc and an unauthorized edition of ''Chivalry & Sorcery'' (C&S) role playing game. Its name comes from the red cover of the official first edition. All successive Red Book editions took the same design. Editions of Red Book after the first are named in addition to numbered: Phoenix (mythology), Phoenix (2nd), Chimera (mythology), Chimera (3rd), Gorgon (4th), Manticore (5th), Lernaean Hydra, Hydra (6th) and Minotaur (7th). Red Book preserves the cover and typeface of the first edition of C&S. C&S was originally created in 1977 by two Canadian game designers, Edward E. Simbalist and Wilf K. Backhaus, and first published by Fantasy Games Unlimited (FGU), an American editor. The second edition was also published by FGU (1983), the third by Highlander Designs (1996), the fourth (2000) and the fifth (2020) by Britannia Game Designs, an English editor. C&S: the Red Book Published in 2000 by Wilf K. Backhaus, Wilf Backhaus and Hugh Tyreman. This fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |