 In 1989 he was inducted into the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design Hall of Fame.When TSR produced a second edition of "AD&D" (1989), Ward instituted changes such as removing assassins and half-orcs from the game, explaining in "Dragon" #154 (February 1990) that "[a]voiding the Angry Mother Syndrome has become a good, basic guideline for all of the designers and editors at TSR, Inc"; Ward printed many upset readers' replies in "Dragon" #158.Ward can be glimpsed early in the Dragon Strike tutorial video playing the man who is slapped in the face at the king's party.