Game Designer Erick Wujcik Dying Of Cancer

Erick Wujcik, noted game designer, was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Erick wrote the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness Role Playing Game, among many others. Since TMNT first convinced me to look seriously at rpgs beyond Dungeons & Dragons, Erick's work has a special place in my heart.

from the Erick Wujcik - One of the Great Game Designers page:

This website is dedicated to Erick Wujcik, game designer, writer, artist, originator of ideas, thinker and kind soul. Friend to countless people and an inspiration to thousands upon thousands more.

He is one of my dearest friends, so it is with a heavy heart that I report Erick Wujcik, age 56, is dying of cancer.

Until a few weeks ago, Erick was healthy and doing fine. He was enjoying his work at Totally Games, a videogame company, when he thought he had come down with the flu. When he couldn’t shake it, he went to the doctors. The prognosis was unexpected, to say the least. Pancreatic cancer that had spread to his liver. There was no advance warning. It was a shock. Erick presses forward with the willful exuberance he has exhibited all his life.

Kevin Siembieda of Palladium Books has set up a website in Erick's honor, with further details.