I didn’t know of D and D other than the cartoon or what roleplaying was, but I soon got hooked to his game and dragged my friends into playing too.

Amber the game also made me aware of the Amber series of books which I’m just starting to read now, and as I started to look up the game out of sake of nostalgia I find out the guy who got me into all this stuff has passed away.

I don’t know why, but life always takes away the best people and never the worst.

Just want to thank everyone who has posted comments and visited this site.
Erick was my only sibling. Two years older. I now realize I was his original gaming partner.. Growing up in the 1950’s and early 60’s, our relationship was all play and fantasy and he would constantly prod me to play more. We played every board game imaginable and set up vast cities in his room using every toy he had including his Lionel train set, Erector set, and flying helicopter.

As Children, we were always together and traveled extensively with our parents.
As adults our travels extended in opposite directions and we spent little time together.
But through this website and the many sites that I have discovered from “googling” Erick, I have been able to follow his life and learn so much more about him and the people that he touched.
I had no idea how famous Erick was!!!
Thank you!!

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I was in charge of organizing a RPG convention in my college. I was 17 and had been playing Amber DRP for 5 years. As I was in charge of the budget and of choosing one guest of honor, I contacted Erick and asked him if he would come to montreal for a weekend. He gladly accepted. That weekend, I was amazed at the person and the game master. He spent the 2 days GMing Amber short campaigns, and I remember thinking at the time that he was the best storyteller I has ever encountered.

But my best memory was not there…see, Erick admitted to me after we met that the real reason he accepted to come to Montreal was because he knew we had great food and international cuisine. So on friday night, after the first day of the convention, we decided to go out to a Tibetan restaurant. The minute we entered the restaurant, Erick said “do you guys want to play a game?”. We spent the whole dinner playing an RPG he created, using characters we thought up right there and then, and for 2 hours were literally transported in another universe. It was one of those moments where you were transported, like the first time you read your favorite book or you saw your favorite movie. He was that good.

The next day, he GMed an amber campaign with 12 enthusiasts.At about midnight he said “So can we eat somewhere this late in Montreal?” We said sure, and went on to chinatown to eat dumplings. Erick wanted to order everything on the menu and share, and since most of the guys and gals there were students, Erick said to everyone “don’t worry about anuthing, the tab’s on me!”

Good bye Erick and say hello to Roger

A fan and a friend
Basel

It’s sad to have anyone die before his time. I’ve never met Erick, but I corresponded with him by international snail mail (at a time before the internet was everywhere) about the Amber DRPG. That was a long time ago, and I’m sorry that I didn’t get a chance to say anything more to him before he died.