Jennell Jaquays passes away.

[Agentorange]

I dare say Chaosium will be posting something official but I've just seen over on Facebook that Jennell Jaquays has passed away. A talent in the early days of RPG's  and RQ especially, writing some seminal products. Hellpits of Nightfang was I think the first RQ product I bought and I still have my original copy purchased all the way back from 1981.

I know time marches on and we all get old etc etc but I find myself strangely saddened by this.

[jajagappa]

Chaosium posted to the RuneQuest FB here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RuneQuest/permalink/2714371438738838/

It is sad, and her last year seems to have been a very difficult one. Griffin Mountain was probably my favorite product from the early RQ era, and certainly the most used. But I also really enjoyed her Central Casting: Heroes of Legend work - very influential in my RQ games for developing character backstory, as well as in the character background material I've put together for Imther, Heortland, and Nochet.

Edited January 10, 2024 by jajagappa

[Ali the Helering]

A fine woman of imagination and style 😢

[MOB]

7 hours ago, Agentorange said:

I dare say Chaosium will be posting something official but I've just seen over on Facebook that Jennell Jaquays has passed away. 

Our post is here:

Also on the Chaosium news blog:

 

[Josh Neff]

Here daughter is a friend of mine and when I found out who her mom is, years ago, I fanboyed really hard. My heart is broken for her.