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Curtis M. Scott
DiedAugust 19, 1992
Resting placeMaple Hill Cemetery (Huntsville, Alabama)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationGame designer

Curtis M. Scott (d. August 19, 1992, age 32) was a game designer known for his work on role-playing games.

Career

Curtis M. Scott wrote The Complete Spacefarer's Handbook and FR12 Horde Campaign for Dungeons & Dragons, the GURPS Conan and GURPS Humanx sourcebooks for GURPS, and co-wrote Cyber Hero for Hero Games.[1] Scott also worked on The Cyclopedia Talislanta series for Talislanta.[2] Scott had also taken on a major project for TSR's Dark Sun campaign world.[1] For several years, Scott and his wife, Mary, organized the annual CoastCon gaming and science-fiction convention in Biloxi, Mississippi.[1] Scott had been accepted to a computer-science program at Carnegie Mellon University.[1]

On his way to the 1992 Gen Con/Origins game fair, Scott died in a car accident.[1] He was killed on August 19, 1992, at the age of 32.[3] He was survived by his wife Mary and their son.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Varney, Allen (November 1992). "In memoriam: Curtis M. Scott". Dragon (#187). Lake Geneva, Wisconsin: TSR: 92.
  2. ^ Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 220. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
  3. ^ "Reviews". Challenge (#75). Game Designers' Workshop: 80-83. 1994.