David Chart is a

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who has worked primarily on

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Career

David Chart authored '' Akrasia: Thief of Time'' (2001), the first in

Eden Studios Eden Studios was a commercial recording studio, recording facility in west London. It opened in 1967, originally at 11 Eden Street in Kingston upon Thames (now under the Eden Walk shopping centre), before moving to 20-24 Beaumont Road in Chiswic ...

's "Eden Odyssey" series of adventures. Chart took over as ''

Ars Magica ''Ars Magica'' is a role-playing game set in 'Mythic Europe' – a historically grounded version of Europe and the Levant around AD 1200, with the added conceit that conceptions of the world prevalent in folklore and institutions of the High ...

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for

Atlas Games Atlas Games is a company which publishes role-playing games, board games and card games. Its founder and current president is John Nephew. History When Atlas Games did not have the finances to publish '' On the Edge'' (1994), they partnered with J ...

in 2002. Chart oversaw the ''Ars Magica'' fifth edition rules in late 2004. Chart has actively worked to expand the pool of writers for ''Ars Magica'' with "open calls" which anyone can submit drafts for.

Awards

In 2005, ''Ars Magica'' fifth edition (for which Chart was the developer) won the

Origins Award The Origins Awards are American awards for outstanding work in the game industry. They are presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design at the Origins Game Fair on an annual basis for the previous year, so (for example) the 1979 a ...

for best role-playing game and the Gold

ENnie Award The ENNIE Awards (previously stylized as ENnie Awards) are awards for role-playing game (RPG) products (including game-related accessories, publications, and art) and their creators. The awards were created in 2001 by Russ Morrissey of EN World ...

for best rules.

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