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Marc Gascoigne
Marc Gascoigne is a British author and editor. He is the editor, author or co-author of more than fifty books and gaming related titles, including '' Fighting Fantasy'' books, ''Shadowrun'' novels and adventures, '' Earthdawn'' novels and adventures, the original Games Workshop ''Judge Dredd'' roleplaying game, and material for ''Paranoia'', '' Call of Cthulhu'' and many others listed below. Biography Marc Gascoigne co-wrote Games Workshop's original '' Judge Dredd Roleplaying Game'' and Puffin's mass-market '' Advanced Fighting Fantasy'' trilogy. Gascoigne also published ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay''. He has also written and edited for Chaosium, West End Games, and FASA. Gascoigne was the developer or editor of several of GW's classic boardgames in the mid-1980s, including the first two editions of '' Blood Bowl'', and created the background for '' Dark Future'', ported onto the car-based boardgame after the cancellation of an original cyberpunk-themed roleplaying game. Alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FASA
FASA Corporation was an American publisher of role-playing games, wargaming, wargames and board games between 1980 and 2001, after which they closed publishing operations for several years, becoming an IP holding company under the name FASA Inc. In 2012, a wholly owned subsidiary called FASA Games Inc. went into operation, using the name and logo under license from the parent company. FASA Games Inc. works alongside Ral Partha Europe, also a subsidiary of FASA Corporation, to bring out new editions of existing properties such as Earthdawn and Demonworld, and to develop new properties within the FASA cosmology. FASA first appeared as a ''Traveller (role-playing game), Traveller'' licensee, producing supplements for that Game Designers' Workshop role-playing game, especially the work of the Keith Brothers. The company went on to establish itself as a major gaming company with the publication of the ''Star Trek'' RPG, then several successful original games. Noteworthy lines includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inferno!
''Inferno!'' (originally ''Carnage'') was a bi-monthly magazine published from 1997 to 2004 by Games Workshop's publishing division, Black Library, which was initially just the name of the team brought together to work on ''Inferno!''.10th anniversary interview , with Marc Gascoigne It presented fiction, artwork, and comics set in the 's of Games Workshop's and |
Andy Jones (game Designer)
Andy Jones is a game designer who has worked primarily on Miniatures wargaming, wargames and board games. Career ''Warhammer'' game designers Rick Priestley and Andy Jones worked with ''Fighting Fantasy'' and fiction author Marc Gascoigne to develop an idea through the new Black Library division of Games Workshop to publish a book of short stories and comics in a format similar to an Annual publication; this was developed into the magazine ''Inferno!'', and a previewed was published in ''White Dwarf (magazine), White Dwarf'' #210 (June 1997) while the first issue was published the following month in July 1997. Jones has also worked on Warhammer 40,000 comics, ''Warhammer 40,000'' comics for the Black Library, including ''The Redeemer (Black Library comic), The Redeemer'' (with Pat Mills, Wayne Reynolds, and Debbie Gallagher (comics), Debbie Gallagher, 4-issue mini-series, tpb, 96 pages, 2000, , tpb with 8-page bonus strip, 104 pages, 2003, ) and with Mark Gascoigne edited ''Flame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Priestley
Richard "Rick" Priestley (born 29 March 1959) is an English miniature wargame designer and writer. He co-created the miniature wargame ''Warhammer Fantasy Battle'' and its science fiction counterpart ''Warhammer 40,000'' during his tenure at Games Workshop in the 1980s and 1990s. Following his time at Games Workshop, he went on to establish Warlord Games and co-create other titles such as ''Bolt Action''. Early life and education Priestley was born on 29 March 1959 in Lincoln, England. He studied Archaeology at Lancaster University, graduating in 1981. Career Rick Priestley, with Bryan Ansell and Richard Halliwell, designed the fantasy miniature wargame ''Warhammer Fantasy Battle'' for Games Workshop. The company released the game in 1983. Priestley also developed a science fiction counterpart for this wargame, which was released as '' Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader'' in October 1987. Priestley, with Andy Jones and Marc Gascoigne of ''Warhammer'', developed the idea for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solaris Books
Solaris Books is an imprint which focuses on publishing science fiction, fantasy and dark fantasy novels and anthologies. The range includes titles by both established and new authors. The range is owned by Rebellion Developments and distributed to the UK and US booktrade via local divisions of Simon & Schuster. History Solaris Books was founded in February 2007 by BL Publishing, to trade alongside their existing licence-based imprint the Black Library, and the then-existing Black Flame imprint. When asked why BLP had started the new imprint, Consulting Editor George Mann stated that "...between... the major corporate publishers... and... the small and independent press... there seems to be little or no room left for the midlist," and that Solaris would provide a mass-market platform for up-and-coming writers, or established writers with smaller readerships. In September 2009, it was announced that Solaris Books had been bought by Rebellion Developments, who also publish c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Industries
Black Industries was the role-playing game imprint of BL Publishing, the publishing arm of Games Workshop. It was announced on January 28, 2008 that it would cease operations after its products currently scheduled for release are published. History In early 2003, after James Wallis shut down Hogshead Publishing, the rights to ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' reverted to Games Workshop; a year later Games Workshop planned to publish a new edition of ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' using their BL Publishing division and created the subdivision Black Industries as a new roleplaying imprint for the game. Games Workshop hired Green Ronin Publishing in 2003 to produce a second edition of ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'', and also a line of supplements which would be sold by Black Industries. A fourth edition of the ''Talisman'' fantasy board game was released in 2007. Black Industries also developed a '' Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay'' game, '' Dark Heresy'', first as a collector's edition an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BL Publishing
BL Publishing was a division of Games Workshop, and was split into three sections: * The Black Library publishes novels, art books, background books and graphic novels set in the Warhammer Fantasy world and the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Black Library is now a separate division of Games Workshop, and the only former BL Publishing division still in existence. * Black Flame published science fiction and horror novels based on licensed third party intellectual property. It was disbanded in 2008. * Warhammer Historical Wargames published historical wargames including Warhammer Ancient Battles. It was disbanded in November 2010. Solaris Books, founded in Spring 2007 as an imprint of BL Publishing, focussing on original works of science fiction and fantasy, was acquired in September 2009 by Rebellion Developments for an undisclosed sum. Also associated with BL Publishing: * Warp Artefacts - This used to be the imprint of BL Publishing that marketed official artefacts from the worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Library
The Black Library is a division of Games Workshop (formerly a part of BL Publishing) which is devoted to publishing List of Black Library novels, novels and audiobooks (and has previously produced art books, background books, and graphic novels) set in the ''Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Warhammer Age of Sigmar'' and ''Warhammer 40,000'' fictional universes. Some of Black Library's best known titles include the Gaunt's Ghosts and Eisenhorn series of novels by Dan Abnett and the Gotrek and Felix series by William King (author), William King and Nathan Long (author), Nathan Long. The authors of these novels, graphic novels, and comics created original storylines and characters that are based on playable armies in the main ''Warhammer 40,000'' game and its many Warhammer 40,000#Spin-offs, spin-offs (such as ''Inquisitor (game), Inquisitor'' or ''Epic (tabletop game), Epic''). These works are then promoted with contributions of stories, plot synopses, and rules in the White Dwarf (magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |