Fairman Rogers is the steampunk alter ego of Eric Simon, the lead developer of the Steamscapes setting. He is also a historical figure who was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania at around the time in which Steamscapes is set. Rogers was a man of diverse interests, including driving a four-in-hand coach. There is even a moderately well-known painting of him by Thomas Eakins entitled "The Fairman Rogers Four-in-Hand." It is this painting which gives Four-in-Hand Games its name and its logo.