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Who wrote the Fiend Folio? F-K

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Continuing to investigate the people who created the monsters in the best monster book.

Name

#

Monsters

Author Notes

Ferguson, Mike

5

Algoid, Ice lizard, Tiger fly, Trilloch, Vision

Publisher and editor of early UK fanzine Illusionist’s Vision. A couple Traveller articles in early White Dwarf. Many credits in various rpg product lines: d20, Pathfinder, BRP, Rifts, WFRP 2e, DCC.

Fiore, Albie

12

Berbalang, Carbuncle, Caterwaul, Dragonfish, Firenewt, Giant strider, Grimlock, Quipper, Sussurus, Vodyanoi, Yellow Musk Creeper, Zombie (yellow musk)

From RPGgeek.com: “Albie Fiore (c. 1946 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex - July 28, 2009) was a London game designer who was a long-standing editor of the regular Fiend Factory column in the Games Workshop Ltd. magazine White Dwarf, the editor of the magazine Games & Puzzles, and a compiler of the London Guardian's cryptic crossword. He co-authored the book Rubik's Puzzles and was known for composing puzzles and crosswords. He also worked as a contributor to the television show The Crystal Maze, a writer and researcher of children's comic characters such as Scooby Doo, an antiques dealer specializing in slot machines, and a chef on private yachts...

He died at age 63 from complications from a lung tumor.”

Also one of the designers of the Judge Dredd rpg and codesigner the Games Workshop ‘dungeon planners’ Caverns of the Dead and Nightmare in Blackmarsh.

Goodwin, Jeremy and Ian McDowell

1

Babbler

Jeremy Goodwin has several contributions to the zine Trollcrusher. Illustrator for module O2: Blade of Vengeance. UPDATE: Commenters have suggested that Jeremy Goodwin is the same person as Jes/Jez Goodwin, who illustrated CM6 When Chaos Reigns and has done art for Warhammer 40K.

Ian McDowell will get his own entry in a later installment.

Graver, Trevor

2

Galltrit, Needleman

Multiple articles in the UK Traveller zines Dark Star and Alien Star. Some White Dwarf articles. One piece in the zine Illusionist’s Vision. An adventure in issue #10 of Journal of the Traveller’s Aid Society.

Gygax, Gary

9

Booka, Demon (Lolth), Elf (drow), Jermlaine, Killmoulis, Kuo-toa, Mezzodaemon, Nycadaemon, Svirfneblin








Never heard of him.

Gygax, Luke and Gary Gygax

1

Bullywug

Luke is co-author of a variety of D&D/AD&D/Castles & Crusades adventures, probably most notably The Lost City of Gaxmoor. He also was one of the designers of the classic Gamma World adventure GW1: Legion of Gold along with his dad and Paul Reiche III.

Hall, Ronald

1

Terithran

Inventor of two AD&D oddities: the Attack Priority System (Dragon #71), the land dragons (Dragon #74).

Hellman, Stephen

2

Pĕnanggalan, Revenant


No further info available.

Hitchcock, Cricky

2

Gorilla bear, Xvart

Desert Raider, another monster in White Dwarf #12.

Home, Stephen

1

Lizard king

No further info available.

Jackson, Dermot

1

Bunyip, Meazel

No further info available.

Jones, Jonathan

3

Garbug, Volt, Witherstench


No further info available.

Kernohan, Hugh

1

Eye of fear and flame


Articles in early Scottish zine Underworld Oracle.

Key, Andrew

2

Gorbel, Imorph

Contributed to an issue of UK zine Demonsblood.

Korabik, Peter

1

Meenlock

No further info available.


RIP Albie Fiore

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