J. Andrew Keith

J. Andrew Keith
J. Andrew Keith
	Andrew Keith
Born	August 31, 1958
Died	August 7, 1999 (aged 40)
Resting place	Saint Clair Cemetery (Greensburg, Pennsylvania)
Nationality	American
Occupation	Game designer

John Andrew Keith (August 31, 1958 – August 7, 1999)^[2] was an American author and games developer.

Career

J. Andrew Keith, and his brother William H. Keith Jr., responded to ads in Journal of the Travellers Aid Society for authors to write for Game Designers' Workshop (GDW); Loren Wiseman started them with freelancing for GDW in the late 1970s and the three of them set up much of the early material for Traveller.^[3]^: 56 J. Andrew Keith's wrote so much for the Journal of the Travellers Aid Society that he began to use the pseudonyms John Marshal and Keith Douglass.^[3]^: 56 The Keith brothers were making enough money that they were able to freelance full-time by 1979.^[3]^: 56 The Keith brothers then began working for FASA by the end of 1980.^[3]^: 119 FASA began publishing adventures for Traveller beginning with Ordeal by Eshaar (1981) by the Keith brothers, who then wrote the "Sky Raiders" trilogy (1981-1982) for FASA.^[3]^: 119 J. Andrew Keith briefly edited the magazine High Passage in 1982 before the High Passage Group told FASA that they could no longer publish material for High Passage; FASA replaced this magazine with a new magazine by J. Andrew Keith called Far Traveller beginning in October 1982.^[3]^: 119 FASA ended its support of Traveller in 1983, so the Keith brothers continued writing Traveller material with the new company Gamelords, but continued working for FASA on other games.^[3]^: 120 The Keith brothers wrote seven supplements for Gamelords, including The Mountain Environment (1983), The Undersea Environment (1983),^[4]^: 342 and The Desert Environment (1984).^[3]^: 131

J. Andrew Keith wrote some adventures for Fantasy Games Unlimited's Chivalry & Sorcery before the line ended in 1984.^[3]^: 74 The Keith brothers then worked on some of FGU's other lines in 1985 including Aftermath!, Daredevils, Flashing Blades, and Psi World.^[3]^: 75 The Keith brothers also designed Freedom Fighters (1986), one of the last role-playing games published by FGU.^[3]^: 75

Works

Andrew was a rather prolific Science Fiction and Role-Playing Game author, and the bibliography presented below is in no way comprehensive. Several of these works were with various co-authors, most commonly his brother, William H. Keith Jr.^[5]

A note regarding pen names in the words of William H. Keith Jr.:

"We shared several [pen names]: Keith William Andrews, Keith Douglass, and H. Jay Riker. Back in the Traveller days, when he was doing a ton of writing for the old Journal of the Traveller's Aid Society, he used several pen names, including Keith Douglass and John Marshall, so it wouldn't look like the journal was entirely an Andrew Keith production."

Science fiction novels

Wing Commander: False Colors
Wing Commander: Heart of the Tiger
The Fifth Foreign Legion: March or Die
The Fifth Foreign Legion: Honor and Fidelity
The Fifth Foreign Legion: Cohort of the Damned
Battletech: Blood of Heroes
Battletech: Mercenary's Star

Science fiction short stories

The Legacy of Leonidas
Rendezvous with Death
Orion Rising

Traveller RPG material

Books, Supplements, and Folio Adventures: Cargonaut Press, Digest Group Publications, FASA, Gamelords, GDW, Marischal Adventures, and Seeker.

Escape^[4]^: 333
Letter of Marque
Faldor: World of Adventure
Rogues in Space: Letter of Marque
Rogues in Space: Scam
Starport Planetfall

GDW

The Traveller Adventure
Alien Module 1 Aslan (1984)^[4]^: 328
Alien Module 2 K'kree (1984)^[4]^: 328
Alien Module 3 Vargr (1984)^[4]^: 329
Alien Module 4-Zhodani (1985)^[4]^: 329
Alien Module 5 Droyne (1985)^[4]^: 329
Alien Module 7-Hivers (1986)^[4]^: 329
BeltStrike: Riches and Danger in the Bowman Belt^[4]^: 330
Alien Realms
Aliens for Traveller
Arctic Environment
Chamax Plague
Horde
Night of Conquest
Merchant Prince: Special Supplement 1
Exotic Atmospheres: Special Supplement 2 (1983)^[4]^: 339
Nomads of the World Ocean^[4]^: 327
Murder on Arcturus Station^[4]^: 328
Traveller Adventure 13: Signal GK^[4]^: 328
Double Adventure 6, Divine Intervention/Night of Conquest^[4]^: 332
Travellers' Aid Society Alien Encyclopedia
World Builder's Handbook

Gamelords

The Mountain Environment (1983)^[4]^: 337
The Drenslaar Quest (1983)
The Undersea Environment (1983)^[4]^: 342
Ascent To Anekthor (1984)^[4]^: 329
Startown Liberty (1984)
The Desert Environment (1984)
Duneraiders (1984)
A Pilot's Guide to the Drexilthar Subsector (1984)^[4]^: 337
Wanted: Adventurers (1984) under the pen name, John Marshal

FASA

The Trail of the Sky Raiders^[4]^: 342
The Legend of the Sky Raiders^[4]^: 336
Fate of the Sky Raiders^[4]^: 333
Harrensa Project (1983)^[4]^: 340
Ordeal by Eshaar (1981)^[4]^: 337
Stazlekh Report, The (1983)^[4]^: 340
Uragyad'n of the Seven Pillars^[4]^: 342

Marischal Adventures

Flight of the Stag^[4]^: 334
Salvage Mission (1981, 1987)^[4]^: 336
Trading Team(1981, 1987)^[4]^: 342

Digest Group Publications

Grand Census
Grand Survey

Magazine articles

List of magazine articles

Adventures in Traveller: Exploration
Adventures in Traveller: Trade and Commerce
Adventures in Traveller: Wilderness Situations
Adventurette: Jailbreak
Adventurette: Night Rescue
Adventurette: The Last Bastion
Adventurette: Trial By Justice
Amber Zone: Drannixa Gambit
Amber Zone: Embassy in Arms
Amber Zone: Lockbox
Amber Zone: Raid on Stataorlai
Amber Zone: Royal Hunt
Amber Zone: Small Package
Amber Zone: The Birthday Plot
Amber Zone: Tournament
Amber Zone: Tuktaar Connection
Amber Zone Ventures Afar
Amber Zone: Without a Trace
Awaiting Shipment: Petrochemicals
Azun
Bestiary: Afeahyaltow
Bestiary: Crested Jabberwock
Bestiary: Doyle's Eel
Bestiary: Garhawk
Bestiary: Ice Crawler
Bestiary: Luugir
Boarding Pass: Jalas Glennol
Caledon Highlanders
Care and Feeding of NPCs
Casual Encounter: Emil "Boomer" Brankovich
Casual Encounter: Enli Iddukagan
Casual Encounter: Fast "Johnny" McRae
Casual Encounter: Gamaagin Kaashukiin
Casual Encounter: Glorinna Firella
Casual Encounter: Gunnar Haelvedssen
Casual Encounter: Ramon San Yarvo
Casual Encounter: Ringaal DeAstera
Casual Encounter: Simone Garibaldi
Civilian Striker Weapons
Closest Encounter
Compleat Starport
Computer Implants
Computer Software for High Guard
Contact: Ael Yael
Contact: Aslan
Contact: The Girug'kagh
Contact: Irklan
Contact: The Girug'kagh
Contact: The Virushi
Dev Landrel
Flare Star
Hunting Bugs
I'm a Doctor, Not a. . .
In Transit: Grav Mining Vehicle
In Transit: Orbital Tug
Newcomers, The
Outside the Expanses: Reaver's Deep
Parachutes
Periastron
Pilot's Guide to Ea Subsector
Pilot's Guide to the Caledon Subsector, A
Pilot's Guide to the Scotian Deep Subsector
Planetfall: Supplementary Material for MegaTraveller
Port Authority Handbook: Arrival In-System
Port Authority Handbook: Communications
Port Authority Handbook: Convoys
Port Authority Handbook: Interdicted Planets
Port Authority Handbook: Inward Clearance
Port of Call: Rejhappur
Port of Call: Roakhoi
Reavers' Deep Sector
Referee's Guide to Planet-building, Parts I and II
Religion in the Two Thousand Worlds
Ship's Locker: Flares and Signalling Devices
Ship's Locker: Torches and Welding Equipment
Ship's Locker: Vargr Corsair Bands
Small Cargoes and Special Handling
Small Cargoes: Three for the Road
Small Cargoes: Afeahyakhtow
Small Cargoes: Hkyadwaeh
Storm
Striking it Rich
Temperature in Traveller
Traveller: The Final Frontier
Traveller's Gear: Body Pressure Suit
Travelling Without a Starship
Umpire Strikes Back!, The
Vargr Grav Platforms
Vland!
Wardn
Wardn Enigma
World's of the Imperium: Fisher's World
- appeared in Challenge, Far and Away, Far Traveller, High Passage, Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society, MegaTraveller Journal, Space Gamer, Traveller Chronicle, and Travellers' Digest.

Miscellaneous Traveller Credits: FASA, and Seeker

Adventure Class Ships I - Booklet II
Adventure Class Ships II - Booklet I & II^[4]^: 328
Aslan Mercenary Ships - Booklet I & II^[4]^: 330
I.S.C.V. Leander - Booklet (scenarios: The Hostage, Terminal Velocity, and Raider!)
I.S.P.M.V. Fenris - Booklet (scenarios: Boring From Within, Prisoners at Large, and Surprise Reversed)
I.S.P.M.V. Tethys - Booklet (scenarios: Enemy Action, Staff Meeting, and Retreat from Stiara)
Merchant Class Ships - Booklet I & II^[4]^: 336
Starport Module I: Hotel Complex - Booklet (scenarios: Break-In, The Gamblers, and Hostages) (1981)^[4]^: 339
Z.I.S.M.V. Vlezhdatl - Booklet (scenarios: Boarding Action, Prize Crew, and Escape) (1981)^[4]^: 343

References

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^ Sanders, Paul. "J. Andrew Keith memorial page". Freelance Traveller. Retrieved June 18, 2014.