Watership Down T. Barsotti, Chris Daley, Paul S. Holmquist, and Mandy Walsh. "Watership Down" inspired the creation of "Bunnies & Burrows", a role-playing game in which the main characters are talking rabbits, published in 1976 by Fantasy Games Unlimited. It introduced several innovations to role-playing game design, being the first game to allow players to have non-humanoid roles, as well as the first with detailed martial arts and skill systems. Fantasy Games Unlimited published a second edition of the game in 1982, and the game was modified and republished by Steve Jackson Games as an official "GURPS" supplement in 1992. In 2002,
Martin Rosen (director) "Watership Down" but took over as director after John Hubley died. He also wrote the screenplay for it. This was the first of two novels by Richard Adams he adapted. In 1982 he also produced, directed and wrote the screenplay for another animated feature based on an Adams novel, "The Plague Dogs" (1982). Rosen produced "Smooth Talk" (1986), which won the Sundance Grand Prize. His last film as director was "Stacking" (1987). His last project as producer was the animated ""Watership Down" TV series in 1999. Rosen has also worked in theater production. He was the originating producer of Michael