S. John Ross (game designer)

[1][2][3] Ross designed Uresia: Grave of Heaven (2003) as an original setting published for the Big Eyes, Small Mouth role-playing game; it was similar to the style of Swords & Sorcery anime.

He also created the retro-science fiction-fantasy role-playing game Encounter Critical, and maintains the All-Systems Library.

[6] They have been used by Anheuser-Busch, Atheist Bus Campaign,[7] Comedy Central, Disney Italy, Office Depot, Penguin Books and Ariane Sherine.

[9][10] He was nominated for an Origins Award for a short stint as editor of Pyramid magazine,[11] and was named to the Order of the Pineapple along with author Adam Gorightly in 2013.

[12] Risus 1.5 was named Best Free RPG at RPGnet in 2001[13] and he contributed to Pulp Hero which received a Silver ENnie for Best Writing in 2006.