Edward E. Simbalist (5 September 1943 – 12 March 2005) was a role-playing game designer.
Edward E. Simbalist and Wilf K. Backhaus designed a role-playing game called Chevalier, which they brought to Gen Con IX in 1976 with hopes to sell it to TSR; after witnessing Gary Gygax berate a staff member, Simbalist decided not to approach Gygax about the game. At the convention, they met Scott Bizar of Fantasy Games Unlimited, who was interested in the game and helped guide it to print over the next year as Chivalry & Sorcery, the first RPG from FGU. In the late 1970s, Bizar contacted Simbalist and Phil McGregor to produce a science-fiction role-playing game, which was published in 1980 as Space Opera. Simbalist continued supervising his two RPG lines until FGU became unable to release new products.
He was Canadian and lived in Edmonton. He also was a teacher at Edith Rodgers junior high school.
Chevalier (1976), self-publisherChivalry & Sorcery (1977), Fantasy Games UnlimitedBireme & Galley (Chivalry & Sorcery) (1978), Fantasy Games UnlimitedChivalry & Sorcery Sourcebook (1978), Fantasy Games UnlimitedDestrier (Chivalry & Sorcery) (1978), Fantasy Games UnlimitedSwords & Sorcerers (Chivalry & Sorcery) (1978), Fantasy Games UnlimitedArden (Chivalry & Sorcery) (1979), Fantasy Games UnlimitedSaurians (Chivalry & Sorcery) (1979), Fantasy Games UnlimitedSpace Opera (1980), Fantasy Games UnlimitedChivalry & Sorcery Sourcebook 2 (1981), Fantasy Games UnlimitedGround & air Equipment (Space Opera) (1981), Fantasy Games UnlimitedSeldon's Compendium of Starcraft 1 (Space Opera) (1981), Fantasy Games UnlimitedStar Sector, Atlas 1 (Space Opera) (1981), Fantasy Games UnlimitedStar Sector, Atlas 2 (Space Opera) (1982), Fantasy Games UnlimitedChivalry & Sorcery 2nd edition (1983), Fantasy Games UnlimitedChivalry & Sorcery Sourcebook 1 & 2, 2nd Ed. (1983), Fantasy Games UnlimitedSwords & Sorcerers, 2nd Ed. (Chivalry & Sorcery) (1983), Fantasy Games UnlimitedSeldon's Compendium of Starcraft 2 (Space Opera) (1984), Fantasy Games UnlimitedStar Sector, Atlas 3 (Space Opera) (1984), Fantasy Games UnlimitedStar Sector, Atlas 5 (Space Opera) (1985), Fantasy Games UnlimitedSeldon's Compendium of Starcraft 3 (Space Opera) (1988), Fantasy Games UnlimitedChivalry & Sorcery 3rd edition (1996), Highlander DesignsCreatures Bestiary (Chivalry & Sorcery) (1997), Highlander DesignsGame Master's Handbook (Chivalry & Sorcery) (1997), Highlander DesignsArmourers' Companion (Chivalry & Sorcery) (1999), Britannia Game Designs LtdChivalry & Sorcery Light (1999), Britannia Game Designs LtdKnights' Companion (Chivalry & Sorcery) (1999), Britannia Game Designs LtdChivalry & Sorcery: The Rebirth (4th edition - 2000), Britannia Game Designs LtdGame Master's Toolkit Volume 1 (Chivalry & Sorcery) (2002), Mystic Station DesignsThe Great Cats Book Volume one (SkillSkape) (2003), Mystic Station Designs
The Creatures Book Volume one (SkillSkape) (2004), Mystic Station Designs
