Scott Bennie
Scott Bennie is a freelance game designer.
Early life
Scott Bennie was born in Abbotsford, British Columbia, son of teachers James and Alice Bennie, and younger brother of Vancouver radio announcer/producer Jim Bennie.[citation needed] Scott graduated from Abbotsford Senior High School, where he competed on the high school Reach For the Top team,[1][2][3] and wrestling team,[4][5][6] served on the student council,[7] and was class president.[citation needed]
Games career
Scott became interested in role playing games during his senior high school years, having been introduced to them at
In 1981, Scott encountered a game called Champions, which a friend brought back from Pacific Origins, where it debuted. He fell in love with it immediately. Scott reviewed Champions in Dragon, and eventually freelanced for Hero Games. Eventually he published his long-running Gestalt (Hero Games) campaign as a sourcebook for Blackwyrm Games.
In 1986, Scott graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Secondary Education from the University of British Columbia. He was hired in the electronic game industry at Interplay Productions in 1990.
Bennie was one of the four designers on
Interplay grew from 20 employees to over 400 during Scott's tenure. Unfortunately, he developed CMT and diabetes while working there. A downturn in the industry and management changes led to his departure from Interplay.
Scott returned to Canada to resume his freelance writing career. He wrote award nominees Testament and Villainy Amok while caring for his ailing mother.
Bennie wrote the d20 System campaign setting book Testament: Roleplaying in the Biblical Era (2003).[14] A reviewer in 2007 stated that "Mr. Bennie clearly attempts to remain as neutral as possible when depicting the various cultures included in Testament. The product does not attempt to portray any culture as the "Good Guys" or the "Bad Guys." I do not claim to be an Old Testament scholar, though I have read it in its entirety. I found the cultural representations to be reasonably presented based on my passing knowledge of the OT."[15]
Spiritual life
A devout Christian, Scott lead a home Bible study and assisted at his church's cold weather shelter program.[citation needed]
Game Credits
Hero Games
- Villainy Unbound (Villains book, editor/contributor, 1987)[16]
- Champions in 3-D (Adventure book, contributor, 1988)
- Classic Enemies (Villains book, editor/contributor, 1989)[16]
- Champions Universe (sourcebook, contributor, 1991)
- Day of the Destroyer (adventure, writer, 1992)[16]
- VIPER (Sourcebook, co-author, 1993)
- VIPER: Coils of the Serpent, (co-author, 2003)
- Villainy Amok (adventure book, author, 2005)
- Champions of the North (sourcebook, 2008)
Adventurers Club
- "Nova" (Champions adventure, Adventurers Club #4, 1984)
- "Hands of the Strangler" (Justice, Inc. adventurer, Adventurers Club #10, 1987)
Blackwyrm Games
- Gestalt: the Hero Within (sourcebook, 2007)
Digital Hero
- Viper's Folding Nest (adventure, Digital Hero #1)
- Stars of Blood (adventure, Digital Hero #5)
- Demon O'War (character, Digital Hero #7)
- And There Was Blood Everywhere (adventure, Digital Hero #24)
- Leftover Hero (Villainy Amok outtakes, Digital Hero #30)
Dungeons and Dragons (TSR)
AD&D Dragonlance
- DL 15 Mists of Krynn(adventure, contributor, 1988)
- Otherlands (co-author, 1990)[17]
- Wild Elves (author, 1991)
AD&D Forgotten Realms
- I14 Swords of the Iron Legion (contributor, 1988)
- FR10 Old Empires (author, 1990)[18]
AD&D Greyhawk
- WG7 Castle Greyhawk (contributor, 1987)
- AD&D Monstrous Compendiums (TSR)
- MC 1 Monstrous Compendium 1 (Merman-Myconid monstrous entries, 1989)
- MC 2 Monstrous Compendium 2 (Orc - Remoraz, monstrous entries, 1989)
AD&D Ravenloft
- Islands of Terror (co-author, 1992)
Dragon Magazine (TSR)
- "Not a Very Nice Guy" (Bounty Hunter NPC, Dragon #52, 1981)
- "Champions" (Game Review, Dragon #57, 1981)
- "Setting Saintly Standards" (Saints article, Dragon #79, 1983)
- "Never the Same Thing Twice" (Rakshasa article, Dragon #84, 1983)
- "Avari" (Monster, Dragon #101, 1985)
- "For Sail" (Mariner NPC, Dragon #107, 1986)
- "Fun Without Fighting" (Dragon #117, 1987)
- "Quagmire" (Monster, Dragon #127, 1987)
- "Tibbit" (Monster, Dragon #135, 1988)
- "Diurge" (Monster, Dragon #141, 1988)
- "Good Does Not Mean Boring (Paladin article, Dragon #148, 1989)
- "Characterization Made Easy" (Dragon #156, 1989)
Dungeon Magazine
- "Threshold of Evil" (Dungeon #10, 1988)
D&D Miscellaneous
- AC 10 Bestiary of Dragons and Giants (contributor, 1987)
- AC 11 The Book of Wondrous Inventions (contributor, 1987)
D&D 3rd edition
- Mythic Vistas (Green Ronin)
- Testament (Green Ronin Publishing, author, 2003)
- Testament: The Hittites (Green Ronin Publishing, author, 2005)
- Eternal Rome (adventure, 2007)
- Mythic Vistas Derived Products
ENWorld Publishing
- The Tribulations of Kanah (ENWorld Player's Journal #2, 2002)
- Targum Magazine
- The Hekau-Adept (Testament NPC article, Targum #1, 2007)
- The Reign of Akhenaten, Part 1 (article, Targum #2, 2007)
- The Reign of Akhenaten, Part 2 (article, Targum #4, 2008)
- Cyborgladiators (Firefly Publishing)
- Cyborgladiator (contributor, 2004)
- Faery's Tale (Firefly Publishing)
- It Happened One Christmas (adventure, author, 2007)
Lord of the Rings (CODA, Decipher Publishing)
- Fell Beasts and Wondrous Magic (contributor, 2003)
- The Two Towers Sourcebook (co-author, 2003)
Marvel Superheroes
- Gamer's Handbook of the Marvel Universe 1 (contributor, 1988)[19]
- Gamer's Handbook of the Marvel Universe 2 (contributor, 1988)[19]
- Gamer's Handbook of the Marvel Universe 3 (contributor, 1988)[19]
- Gamer's Handbook of the Marvel Universe 4 (contributor, 1988)[19]
- Gamer's Handbook of the Marvel Universe Character Updates 1989 (contributor, 1989)
- Gamer's Handbook of the Marvel Universe Character Updates 1992 (contributor, 1992)
Mutants and Masterminds
- Agents of Freedom (sourcebook, 2006)
- Worlds of Freedom (Terminus article, 2008)
- Freedom's Most Wanted (Villains book, contributor 2008)
World of Warcraft
- Magic and Mayhem (contributor, 2004)
- More Magic and Mayhem (contributor, 2005)
- Alliance Player's Guide (contributor, 2006)
- Horde Player's Guide (contributor, 2006)
- Dark Factions (contributor, 2008)
Electronic Gaming
- Interplay Productions
The Lord of the Rings
- The Lord of the Rings, Vol I (producer, co-designer, 1990)
- The Two Towers (producer, co-designer, 1992)
Star Trek
- Star Trek: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary (co-designer, 1992)
- Star Trek: Judgment Rites (co-designer, 1993)
- Starfleet Academy SNES (mission designer, 1994)
- Starfleet Academy PC (mission designer, 1997)
- Starfleet Command (mission designer, 1999)
- Starfleet Command II: Empires at War (mission designer, 2000)
Other titles
- Castles (producer/designer, 1991)
- Castles: The Northern Campaign (producer/co-designer, 1991)
- The Lost Vikings (writing contributions, 1992)
- Sim City CD (writing contributions, 1994)
- Descent (writing contributions, 1995)
- Stonekeep (contributor, 1996)
- Fallout (design assist, 1997)
- Descent to Undermountain (level designer, 1997)
- Invictus (co-designer, 2000)
Sony Entertainment
- Champions of Norrath (2004)
Sources
References
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- ^ Katz, Arnie (December 1993). "Lord of the Rings". Electronic Games. Vol. 2, no. 3. p. 141. Retrieved 2023-09-30 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Stiller, Heiner (March 1996). "Damals im Gipskrieg" [Back in the plaster war]. PC Spiel (in German). p. 42. Retrieved 2023-09-30 – via Internet Archive.
- Game Player's PC Strategy Guide. Vol. 4, no. 4. pp. 44–45. Retrieved 2023-09-30 – via Internet Archive.
- ISSN 1042-2943. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
- ProQuest 2705723486.
- ^ Atkin, Denny (May 1999). "Starfleet Command: Tactical Starship Combat in Realtime". Computer Gaming World. p. 60. Retrieved 2023-09-30 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Release Roundup". Polyhedron. March 2003. p. 12. Retrieved 2023-09-30 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Heckman, Charlie (Summer 2007). "Testament: Roleplaying in the Biblical Era by Scott Bennie, from Green Ronin Publishing, at $32.95". Christian Gamers Guild. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 2023-09-30 – via Internet Archive.
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- ^ https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamedesigner/5640/scott-bennie
External links
- "Scott Bennie :: Pen & Paper RPG Database". Archived from the original on November 20, 2009.