William John Wheeler (1942-2008), also credited as W. John Wheeler and Wm. John Wheeler, was a game designer, editor, and writer for FASA's Star Trek: The Role Playing Game.
Wheeler also assumed the role of editor-in-chief for FASA's Stardate magazine, managing issues 5/6 and 7, the last two issues of volume 1.
Outside of Star Trek, Wheeler developed and wrote core game rules and mechanics for FASA's 1985 Doctor Who roleplaying game, with late deadline assistance from the Fantasimulations Associates team that developed the first edition of Star Trek. (DDW RPG issue 19, "A Complete Look at the FASA Doctor Who RPG")
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Star Trek bibliography[]
Writer, game designer[]
Editor/author[]
- Star Trek II: Starship Combat Simulator
- The Romulans: Starfleet Intelligence Manual
- The Triangle
- Trader Captains and Merchant Princes (2nd edition)
- Termination: 1456
- Demand of Honor
- Orion Ruse
- Margin of Profit
- A Matter of Priorities
- Federation Ship Recognition Manual
- Star Trek III Sourcebook Update
Appendices[]
External links[]
- William John Wheeler article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- William John Wheeler article at LibraryThing.
- William John Wheeler obituary at Dragonsfoot Forums.
