Two 2. Who the fuck is Ken Whitman, and why the fuck should I care?
Ken is a bit of a "promoter" in the most specious use of the word. He's been involved in a number of RPG-related false starts, falls off the map for a couple of years, then resurfaces with another grand project.
Any number of people hold him responsible for the stumbling start and poor/premature finish of
Marc Miller's Traveller (aka
T4), which may not be entirely fair as it wasn't all his fault. At the very least, as he was at the head of the production and editorial team -- a man who admittedly has difficulty writing -- you can lay responsibility for the
20+ page errata sheet for
T4 at his doorstep. That little mis-step rather put a sour taste in people's mouths from the get-go. Despite a number of bright spots in the rest of the publishing history, it didn't get much better from there on out.
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