M. A. R. Barker
✓ Source-basedfallingLinguist, scholar, author and game designer (1929-2012)
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Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman Barker was an American linguist who was professor of Urdu and South Asian Studies and created one of the first roleplaying games, Empire of the Petal Throne. He wrote several fantasy/science fantasy novels based in his associated world setting of Tékumel.
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Status
deceased
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Lived 1929 to 2012 · aged 82
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