I’ve just heard that Stewart Wieck has passed away.

I’ve just heard that Stewart Wieck has passed away.

I’ve just heard that Stewart Wieck has passed away. Most people, of course, will remember Stewart as the legendary game designer and co-founder of White Wolf. But in the Gauntlet, we also know Stewart as a fixture of the Houston gaming scene. Stewart was one of the original 25 members of the Gauntlet G+ group, back when it was just a way of organizing local D&D games. He was an early and passionate supporter of the Gauntlet Podcast, and has been its sponsor from the first minutes we launched our Patreon. When he purchased Asgard Games in Houston, he made sure we had a table for our f2f games, and he went out of his way to stock indie games he had heard about on our shows.

I have always been extremely flattered and humbled by the fact that Stewart was a fan of what we do here in the Gauntlet, and that much of his late-career support of indie RPG designers has been because of his association with us. Because of our relationship with his company, Nocturnal, I was aware of many of the awesome things he had in the pipeline, and now I’m sitting here extremely saddened that this good man, this visionary man, was taken from us so soon.

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  13. Talking about the World of Darkness and working on mainstream games, I approached White Wolf’s impact by design philosophy, market influence and new ideas in publishing. But Stewart said he hoped his legacy (as a WoD designer) was bringing more diverse people to the hobby and making it a more inviting space for them.

    Which is something I took to heart in my approach as a fresh editor and designer.

    He was good people.

  14. Talking about the World of Darkness and working on mainstream games, I approached White Wolf’s impact by design philosophy, market influence and new ideas in publishing. But Stewart said he hoped his legacy (as a WoD designer) was bringing more diverse people to the hobby and making it a more inviting space for them.

    Which is something I took to heart in my approach as a fresh editor and designer.

    He was good people.

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