Bill Coffin

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Bill Coffin is a writer of novels and role-playing games. He is probably best know for his work at Palladium Books at the end of the 1990s on a number of Palladium's lines including Palladium Fantasy, Heroes Unlimited, Systems Failure (his own game) and some work on the Rifts line.

Many people consider Bill to have been one of the best writers in Palladium's history. However, due to a conflict with Kevin Siembieda he left the company around 2001, much to the disappointment of his fans.

In 2007 it was announced that Coffin was working on a new campaign setting – Septimus – for the D6 Space core book for West End Games[1]. However, due to financial concerns[2] the publisher canceled the project. In May 2008 Coffin announced that he would release the game as a PDF under Evil Hat's FATE system[3][4].

Contents

[edit] Credited books from Palladium

  • Heroes Unlimited:
Century Station
Gramercy Island
  • Palladium Fantasy:
The Western Empire
Baalgor Wastelands
Mount Nimro, Kingdom of Giants
The Library of Bletherad
The Northern Hinterlands
The Land of the Damned One: Chaos Lands
Land of the Damned Two: Eternal Torment
Wolfen Empire Adventure Sourcebook
  • Systems Failure RPG
  • Rifts
World Book 21: Xiticix Invasion (contributing writer)
World Book 22: Rifts Canada (contributing writer)
Coalition Wars 2: CS Overkill
Coalition Wars 3: Sorcerers' Revenge
Coalition Wars 4: Cyber-Knights
Coalition Wars 6: Final Siege
Dimension Book Five: Anvil Galaxy

[edit] Additional Writing Credits

  • Heroes Unlimited Galaxy Guide
  • Rifts GM's Guide
  • Rifts Book of Magic

Novels written include:

  • Overmind
  • Prime Mover

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.westendgames.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3 Announcement of his working with WEG
  2. ^ Bill Coffin's Septimus Cancelled :: GamingReport.com :: Where Gamers get their News
  3. ^ RPGnet Forums - View Single Post - [Septimus] Bill Coffin's Septimus Cancelled
  4. ^ RPGnet Forums - View Single Post - [Septimus] Bill Coffin's Septimus Cancelled

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