Walter Baas

Walter Baas attended the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and began writing for TSR and authored numerous works, including The Complete Gladiator's Handbook and City State of Tyr. In addition, he wrote numerous tournaments for Gen Con, Winter Fantasy Con, TactiCon and Genghis Con. Walter was also the first official TSR RPG Representative for Colorado.

Mr. Baas was a contributing member of the journalistic community for over twenty five years as a writer, producer, and photojournalist. His working experience included: WCBS, CBS Morning News, Evening News with Dan Rather, ABC News, and Nightline. Walter was co-creator for the multi-award winning PBS series "Spirit of Colorado". Walter Baas received ten Emmys from over thirty nominations, along with forty two other prestigious peer-judged awards for writing and producing.
Mr. Baas passed away earlier this month. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends in their time of loss.