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Loren Keith Wiseman (March 7, 1951 – February 14, 2017) was an American wargame and role-playing game designer , game developer and editor .

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12-1418: Loren is both a given name and surname. Loren or Løren may also refer to: Loren For other uses, see Loren (disambiguation) . [REDACTED] Look up Loren in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Loren is a given name, nickname and surname which may refer to: Given name [ edit ] Men [ edit ] Loren Acton (born 1936), American physicist and astronaut Loren C. Ball (born 1948), amateur astronomer who has discovered more than 100 asteroids Loren M. Berry (1888–1980), American businessman Loren Bouchard (born 1970), American television writer and director Loren Brichter (born 1984), American software developer Loren Cameron (born 1959), American photographer Loren Carpenter (born 1947), American computer graphics researcher and developer Loren Coleman (born 1947), American scientist and author Loren L. Coleman (born 1947), American science-fiction writer Loren W. Collins (1838–1912), American jurist and politician Loren Mazzacane Connors (born 1949), American musician Loren Crabtree (born 1940), American academic and chancellor Loren Cunningham (born 1936), American missionary organizer Loren Dean (born 1969), American actor Loren C. Dunn (1930–2001), American general authority of

24-1376: The LDS Church Loren Eiseley (1907–1977), American scientist and writer Loren D. Estleman (born 1952), American author Loren D. Everton (1915–1991), American Marine flying ace, Navy Cross recipient Loren Graham (born 1933), American historian of science Loren Leman (born 1950), American politician Loren Long (born 1964), American author of children's books Loren McIntyre (1917-2003), American photojournalist, worked extensively in South America Loren Meyer (born 1972), American professional basketball player Loren Miller (activist) , American civic reformer and libertarian activist Loren Miller (judge) (1903–1967), American California Superior Court judge Loren Mosher (1933–2004), American psychiatrist Loren Murchison (1898–1979), American athlete Loren Nerell (born 1960), American composer, ethnomusicologist and gamelan musician Loren Pope (1910–2008), American writer Loren Roberts (born 1955), American golfer Loren Schoenberg (born 1958), American musician and historian Loren B. Sessions (1827–1897), New York politician Loren Shriver (born 1944), American pilot and astronaut Loren A. Smith (born 1944), American federal judge on

36-1475: The United States Court of Federal Claims Loren Taylor (born 1977), American politician Loren Toews (born 1951), American football player Loren H. White (1863–1923), New York politician Loren Wiseman , American board game designer and developer Loren Wright (1917–2005), American professional basketball player Women [ edit ] Loren Allred , an American singer Loren Galler-Rabinowitz (born 1986), American ice dancer Loren Gray (born 2002), American singer and social media personality Loren Horsley (born 1977), New Zealand actress Loren Rowney (born 1988), Australian racing cyclist Nickname [ edit ] Loren Legarda (born 1960), Filipina journalist and politician Loren Morón (footballer, born 1993) , Spanish footballer Lorenzo Juarros García (born 1966), Spanish retired footballer Loren Morón (footballer, born 1970) , Spanish footballer and manager Loren (born 1995) , South Korean musician Surname [ edit ] Donna Loren (born 1947), American actress Eric Loren , American actor Giselle Loren , American voice actor Josie Loren (born 1987), American actress Nanda Loren (born 1988), Brazilian singer Sophia Loren (born 1934), Italian actress Todd Loren (1960–1992), American comic book publisher Fictional characters [ edit ] Loren McWilliams,

48-473: The fifth game published by Game Designers' Workshop , in 1974. As a partner at GDW, his primary responsibilities were game development – editing and revising game manuscripts and preparing them for publication . During this period he designed the wargame Pharsalus (1977), and wrote the award-winning Twilight: 2000 role-playing adventure Going Home . Wiseman helped Frank Chadwick, John Harshman , and Marc Miller design Traveller (1977). Wiseman

60-410: The film House on Haunted Hill . See also [ edit ] Lauren (disambiguation) Loran (disambiguation) Lorens (given name) Lorenz Lorne (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share the same given name or the same family name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to

72-682: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Loren&oldid=1236995269 " Categories : Given names Surnames English-language unisex given names Nicknames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Loren Wiseman After graduating from Illinois State University , Loren Wiseman co-founded Game Designers' Workshop with Frank Chadwick , Rich Banner , and Marc Miller on June 22, 1973. Wiseman published Eagles (later published by Avalon Hill as Caesar's Legions ), his first wargame, and

84-421: The line developer for Twilight: 2000 . The process at GDW was for the designer to write the text, but the developer brought together that text, plus draft diagrams and art into a manuscript, typeset it, and then made sure it was properly published. It also fell to him to design titles in the series (out of 46 supplementary titles for the series, he is credited with designing 20). When GDW closed in 1995, Wiseman

96-680: The male protagonist of the 1985 film The New Kids Loren Silvercloak, in the Fionavar Tapestry novels by Guy Gavriel Kay Lt. Loren Singer , a main character in the TV series JAG Loren Smith (character) , in the Dirk Pitt novels by Clive Cussler Loren, in the Animorphs novel series (appearing in The Andalite Chronicles and The Diversion ) Frederick Loren, a character in

108-566: Was editor of the Journal of the Travellers Aid Society (24 issues), and its successor Challenge magazine (53 issues). Wiseman brought on J. Andrew Keith and William H. Keith Jr. to GDW to start freelancing in either 1978 or 1979, and author Shannon Appelcline noted that "Together the three would end up setting a lot of the early tone for the Traveller universe. Wiseman became

120-595: Was inducted into the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame, and the above recounting of his credits gives some insight into the rationale. He was honored as a "famous game designer" by being featured as the king of clubs in Flying Buffalo 's 2010 Famous Game Designers Playing Card Deck. Reports on Facebook and at Steve Jackson Games report that Loren Wiseman died of a heart attack on February 14, 2017. Loren had written "The City of Ascalon" for publication as part of

132-413: Was recognized for his excellence and expertise with the H. G. Wells Award for Twilight: 2000 Going Home (1986), and the H. G. Wells Award three years running for the Journal of the Travellers Aid Society (1979-1980-1981). In 2003 Wiseman was Gaming Guest of Honor at the 26th CoastCon science fiction convention . In 2004, Loren received perhaps the highest of honors within the gaming community: he

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144-457: Was unemployed for a short time and then worked a succession of part-time jobs, before being offered a job at Steve Jackson Games as Art Director and Traveller Line Editor. Steve Jackson brought on Wiseman to produce the GURPS Traveller (1998) line. He wrote GURPS Traveller and several supporting products, including GURPS Traveller Nobles and The Interstellar Wars . Wiseman

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