John H. Crowe III

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John H. Crowe III
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Occupation Game designer

John H. Crowe III is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.

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John H. Crowe III was one of the staff members in the early days at Pagan Publishing. [1] :244 Crowe contributed Call of Cthulhu weapons statistics to the magazine The Unspeakable Oath which were later included in The Weapons Compendium (1993) along with new weapons. [1] :245 John Scott Tynes moved Pagan Publishing to Seattle in 1994, so Dennis Detwiller, Brian Appleton and Crowe agreed to move to Seattle as well. [1] :245 Crowe authored the supplements Walker in the Wastes (1994) and Coming Full Circle (1995) which were the only two supplements that Pagan published over the next year after moving. [1] :245 Crowe contributed to Mortal Coils in 1998 and thereafter stayed involved as part of the editorial staff. [1] :248 Crowe and Appleton wrote the Call of Cthulhu books Final Flight (2008) and The Mysteries of Mesoamerica (2009) which were published by Pagan. [1] :251 Crowe also wrote The Realm of Shadows (1997) and Bumps in the Night (2011).[ citation needed ]

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