Seeing how much he was able to do and contribute to the community he loved always brought me so much vicarious joy. I am truly heartbroken to hear that he's passed. He was a rare gem, and he made an impact even on people like me who only crossed paths briefly.

That place went under. Rob was in one of the early rounds of layoffs before the ship sank completely, and he was anxious, but also hoping this would be the push he needed to turn freelancing into a career. We lost touch, but I've followed his work from the distance in the years since then.

He helped me get my feet under me while working my first "real job." We talked about DnD and VtM, but also my hopeless addiction to buying more indie RPGs than I have time to play. One he was happy to fuel with additional recommendations.

A couple days later, he was walking by my desk, saw my Numenera desktop background and immediately backpedaled to geek out with me about all things TTRPG. During the time we both worked there, he was a standup dude. Hilarious, warm, and always standing up for the little guy.

Circa 2013, I had just gotten my first non-minimum wage job after college as an ecommerce copywriter in Milwaukee. One of the first people I met was Rob, who initially introduced himself as the guy who wrote "jewelry, accessories, and all things manly."

🐸 - KH

Some definitely did, but Dane County is one of the largest farming counties in WI, and it wasn't just Madison college students there pushing it to like ~75% for Harris. Just saying. She's my senator and I've been calling her constantly to make clearer condemnations of Rs.