Scott D. Haring is a

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who has worked primarily on

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Career

Scott Haring began working in the adventure gaming industry in 1982. Haring had a long career with

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, having worked at the company five different times over a period of 15 years. Haring has worked as the ''

Car Wars ''Car Wars'' is a vehicle combat simulation game developed by Steve Jackson Games. It was first published in 1980 in games, 1980. Players control armed vehicles in a post-apocalyptic future. Game play In ''Car Wars'', players assume control of o ...

'' line editor, and became editor on the new magazine '' Autoduel Quarterly'' when it debuted in 1983. He also wrote and edited for ''

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'' and ''

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'' and served as the editor for ''

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'' magazine. He has been a columnist for '' Comics & Games Retailer'' since 1987. TSR's newly hired Scott Haring added four pages of purely game material to a series of "comic modules" published by TSR West, since TSR had an exclusive license for comic books with DC. Haring identifies ''

Empires of the Sands ''Empires of the Sands'' is an accessory for the fictional Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the first edition of the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. The book was published in 1988 and written by Scott Haring, with ...

'' (1988) as his first big project at TSR. He has also written and edited for the '' Top Secret/S.I.'' and '' Marvel Super Heroes'' role-playing games. His other ''D&D'' design work includes ''

The Republic of Darokin ''The Republic of Darokin'' is an accessory for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. It was written by Scott Haring and William W. Connors, and published by TSR in 1989. Contents ''The Republic of Darokin'' is a supplement wh ...

'' (1989) and ''

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'' (1990). Haring was also the editor for ''The Gamer'' magazine. He lives in central Texas with his wife and stepson.

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