This week I learned that my old Hobbits Hole clubmate Stig had passed away after a long illness.
Stephen "Stig" Tasso
I had known stig for over 20 years and we were regular clubmates at an earlier incarnation of the Roleplaying Games club, Hobbits Hole, which I co-founded many years ago.
We shared many Friday nights together and had many adventures over the years. My fondest memories of Steve are always filled with his good natured humour and his boundless creativity.
As an early player in my Lands of Dual Castles & Crusades campaign, I will be forever grateful for his creative input and it is entirely thanks to him that my world has a fully explored species of lizard kin known as the Salamankari.
Stig always embraced the weird and outlandish game ideas I dreamed up and basically ran with it. Being not that much older than myself we shared many similar interests in music and pop-culture including a love of the classic 1980s comic exploits of Judge Dredd and punk rock.
Steve was always a kind soul and I will miss his no nonsense approach to life. Steve was definitively a "no fucks to give" type of guy.
Long may your star shine bright and I hope to see you again in the heavenly mosh pit.
