Sterling Hershey

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Sterling Hershey is a full-time architect and freelance game designer, who has worked on three different incarnations of the Star Wars role-playing game for West End Games, Wizards of the Coast and Fantasy Flight Games, and also on the Star Wars Miniatures game. He has pursued freelance writing and cartography work since the early 1990s.[http://www.sterlinghershey.com/freelance/ Sterling Hershey's homepage]. Retrieved February 28, 2010.

His Dungeons & Dragons credits include Monster Manual V (2007) and Monster Vault (2010).

His screen name is SilverForce on both [http://blogs.starwars.com/webapps/blogs/view-profile.action?userID=111639 StarWars.com] and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20090906014729/http://community.wizards.com/silverforce Wizards boards].

Star Wars bibliography

=Books=

==Star Wars d6 - West End Games==

  • Flashpoint! Brak Sector {{cite book |title=Flashpoint! Brak Sector |last=Hershey |first=Sterling |date=April 1995 |publisher=West End Games |ISBN= 978-0-87431-253-9}}
  • Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide {{cite book |title=Shadows of the Empire Planets Guide |last=Hershey |first=Sterling |author2=John Beyer |author3=Chris Doyle |author4=Tim O'Brien |date=September 1996 |publisher=West End Games |ISBN= 978-0-87431-284-3}}
  • The Kathol Rift {{cite book |title=The Kathol Rift |last=Hershey |first=Sterling |first2=Pablo |last2=Hidalgo |authorlink2=Pablo Hidalgo |author3=Joshua A. Miller |author4=Timothy S. O'Brien |author5=Eric S. Trautmann |date=May 1996 |publisher=West End Games |ISBN= 978-0-87431-273-7}}
  • Hideouts & Strongholds {{cite book |title=Hideouts & Strongholds |last=Hershey |first=Sterling |date=March 1998 |publisher=West End Games |ISBN= 978-0-87431-513-4}}
  • The Far Orbit Project (cartographer) {{cite book |title=The Far Orbit Project |last=O'Brien |first=Timothy S. |date=April 1998 |publisher=West End Games |ISBN= 978-0-87431-515-8}}

==Star Wars Saga Edition==

  • Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide {{cite book |title=Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide |last=Thompson |first=Rodney |author-link=Rodney Thompson |author2=Sterling Hershey |author3=John Jackson Miller |author3-link=John Jackson Miller |author4=Abel G. Peña |date=August 2008 |publisher=Wizards of the Coast |ISBN= 978-0-7869-4923-6}}
  • Force Unleashed Campaign Guide {{cite book |title=Force Unleashed Campaign Guide |last=Thompson |first=Rodney |author-link=Rodney Thompson |author2=Sterling Hershey |author3=Owen K.C. Stephens |author3-link=Owen K.C. Stephens |author4=Peter Schweighofer |date=September 2008|publisher=Wizards of the Coast |ISBN= 978-0-7869-4743-0}}
  • The Clone Wars Campaign Guide {{cite book |title=The Clone Wars Campaign Guide |last=Thompson |first=Rodney |author-link=Rodney Thompson |author2=Patrick Stutzman |author2-link=Patrick Stutzman |author3=J.D. Wiker |author4=Gary Astleford |author4-link=Gary Astleford |author5=T. Rob Brown |date=January 2009 |publisher=Wizards of the Coast|ISBN= 978-0-7869-4999-1}}
  • Legacy Era Campaign Guide{{cite book |title=Legacy Era Campaign Guide|last=Thompson |first=Rodney |author-link=Rodney Thompson |first2=Sterling |last2=Hershey |authorlink3=Gary Astleford|first3=Gary|last3=Astleford|date=March 2009|publisher=Wizards of the Coast|ISBN= 978-0-7869-4356-2}}
  • Rebellion Era Campaign Guide {{cite book |title=Rebellion Era Campaign Guide |last=Thompson |first=Rodney |author-link=Rodney Thompson |author2=Sterling Hershey |author3=Owen K.C. Stephens |author3-link=Owen K.C. Stephens |author4=J.D. Wiker |date=July 2009 |publisher=Wizards of the Coast |ISBN= 978-0-7869-4983-0}}
  • Scavenger's Guide to Droids {{cite book |title=Scavenger's Guide to Droids |last=Thompson |first=Rodney |author-link=Rodney Thompson |author2=Sterling Hershey |author3=Patrick Stutzman |author3-link=Patrick Stutzman |author4=Robert Wieland |date=November 2009|publisher=Wizards of the Coast |ISBN= 978-0-7869-5230-4}}

== Star Wars Roleplaying Game ==

=Articles=

  • Talnar's Rescue [https://web.archive.org/web/20031210222641/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=starwars/article/sw20020613a Talnar's Rescue]. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  • Raiding Sunfire Outpost [https://web.archive.org/web/20050118044346/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=swminis/article/sunfireoutpost Raiding Sunfire Outpost]. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  • Han Solo vs. the Death Star [https://web.archive.org/web/20041207010711/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=swminis/article/handeathstar Han Solo vs. the Death Star]. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  • Talnar's Tatooine Traitor [https://web.archive.org/web/20041228234931/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=swminis/article/talnar Talnar's Tatooine Traitor]. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  • Droidworks Assault [https://web.archive.org/web/20050313144803/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=swminis/article/droidworks1 Not According to Plan]. Retrieved February 25, 2010.[https://web.archive.org/web/20050411074546/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=swminis/article/droidworks2 The Fight for TD-32]. Retrieved February 25, 2010.[https://web.archive.org/web/20050404091127/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=swminis/article/droidworks3 The Control Center]. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  • Hired Guns [https://web.archive.org/web/20060514012801/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=swminis/article/hiredguns Hired Guns]. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  • Repel Boarders [https://web.archive.org/web/20060513102135/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=swminis/article/repelboarders1 Repel Boarders, Part 1]. Retrieved February 25, 2010.[https://web.archive.org/web/20060106022022/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=swminis/article/repelboarders2 Repel Boarders, Part 2]. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  • Execute Order 66 [https://web.archive.org/web/20051214002746/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=swminis/article/executeorder66 Execute Order 66]. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  • Vader's Pursuit [https://web.archive.org/web/20060107105751/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=swminis/article/vaderspursuit Vader's Pursuit]. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  • Tusken Rustlers [https://web.archive.org/web/20060106022044/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=swminis/article/tuskenrustlers Tusken Rustlers]. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  • Power Beyond Belief [https://web.archive.org/web/20080901045556/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=starwars/article/powerbeyondbelief Power Beyond Belief]. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  • The Core of Corruption [https://web.archive.org/web/20071012015341/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=starwars/article/dodcampaign Core of Corruption]. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  • Iridonian Darkness [https://web.archive.org/web/20081010074111/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=starwars/article/iridonian Iridonian Darkness]. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
  • 25 to Rescue [https://web.archive.org/web/20100108090659/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=starwars/article/25toRescue 25 to Rescue]. Retrieved February 25, 2010.

Media Mentions

Sterling Hershey has appeared in the following newspaper and magazine articles, websites and podcasts.

=Podcasts=

  • Order 66 podcast:[http://www.d20radio.com/ Order 66 podcast]. [http://feeds2.feedburner.com/order66 Order 66 podcast RSS feed]. Sterling has appeared on the following twelve episodes discussing aspects of the Star Wars Saga Edition roleplaying game: September 1, 2008 [http://www.d20radio.com/episode32.mp3 Order 66 podcast (September 1 2008)]. Retrieved February 21, 2010. (Of U-Hauls, Fences and Silver Chocolate), January 12, 2009 [http://www.d20radio.com/episode50.mp3 Order 66 podcast (January 12 2009)]. Retrieved February 21, 2010. (One Year of the Big O!), March 22, 2009 [http://www.d20radio.com/episode59.mp3 Order 66 podcast (March 22 2009)]. Retrieved February 21, 2010. (Three Men and a Little Legacy).

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