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Ray Winninger
Ray Winninger is a game designer who has worked on a number of roleplaying games, including the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy roleplaying game. He is the former Executive Producer for the Wizards of the Coast ''Dungeons & Dragons'' studio. Career Ray Winninger was a competitive chess player as a child, and at age nine he discovered Avalon Hill games and ''Dungeons & Dragons'' while looking for chess opponents at a local hobby shop/game store. He designed his first game as "a futuristic man-to-man miniatures system", and by age fourteen he had designed an enormous campaign world for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' game system. His first published work was an adventure called ''Countdown!'' for FASA's ''Doctor Who'' role-playing game. He worked for TSR, including work on ''Dungeons & Dragons'', throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. Winninger was the co-designer of ''DC Heroes'' and ''Torg''. He then worked on staff at Mayfair Games, and became Editorial Director for Mayfair after ''Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Role-playing Game
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, or abbreviated as RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting or through a process of structured decision-making regarding character development. Actions taken within many games succeed or fail according to a formal role-playing game system, system of rules and guidelines. There are several forms of role-playing games. The original form, sometimes called the tabletop role-playing game (TRPG or TTRPG), is conducted through discussion, whereas in live action role-playing game, live action role-playing (LARP), players physically perform their characters' actions.(Tychsen et al. 2006:255) "LARPs can be viewed as forming a distinct category of RPG because of two unique features: (a) The players physically embody their characters, and (b) the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Ronin Publishing
Green Ronin Publishing is an American company based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 2000 by Chris Pramas and Nicole Lindroos, they have published several role-playing game–related products. They won several awards for their games including multiple Origins, ENnie, Pen & Paper, and Inquest Fan Awards. History In early 1996, Chris Pramas secured the rights to '' The Whispering Vault'' from Mike Nystul as he was leaving the game industry, and together with his brother Jason Pramas and their friend Neal Darcy, the three of them founded the company Ronin Publishing. This initial company published two role playing game supplements, ''The Book of Hunts'' (1997) for ''The Whispering Vault'' and '' Blood of the Valiant'' for ''Feng Shui''. Ronin Publishing came to an end when Chris Pramas went to work for Wizards of the Coast in 1998. Pramas founded Green Ronin Publishing with his wife Nicole Lindroos in 2000. The first publication from Green Ronin published was '' Ork!'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harebrained Schemes
Harebrained Schemes, LLC is an American video game developer based in Seattle, Washington. It was co-founded in 2011 by Jordan Weisman and Mitch Gitelman. Prior to founding Harebrained Schemes, Weisman and Gitelman worked together on the '' MechCommander'' and ''Crimson Skies'' franchises at FASA, another company founded by Weisman. As of mid-2015, the studio had under 60 employees. The studio was acquired by Paradox Interactive in June 2018. Harebrained Schemes and Paradox Interactive parted ways on January 1, 2024. History In 2011, Weisman and Gitelman reunited to work on the mobile game '' Crimson: Steam Pirates'', which became Harebrained Schemes' first game. The following year, the studio released a second mobile game, ''Strikefleet Omega''. Both games were well received, with ''Crimson: Steam Pirates'' making Metacritic's "Best iPhone Games of 2011" list and ''Strikefleet Omega'' making the Google Play store's "Best Games of 2012" list. Harebrained then went on to develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Unicorn Games
Last Unicorn Games (or LUG) was a Pennsylvania based corporation with offices in Los Angeles, California. It was formed in 1994 by Christian Moore, Owen Seyler, Greg Ormand, and Bernie Cahill to publish the role playing game ''ARIA: Canticle of the Monomyth''. In the following years, the company published the collectable card games (CCG) '' Heresy: Kingdom Come'' (1995), and ''Dune'' (1997). Working with new employee Ross Isaacs, Moore and Seyler began the development of the "ICON" gaming system. This was a D6 dice based system where the player rolls a number of D6 equal to their attributes. Taking the results from only the highest die, the skill was added to the result and this total was compared to the difficulty set by the Game Master. A separate die was denoted as the Drama roll, with a result of either 1 or 6 determining the outcome as either very tragic (1) or very good (6) . On May 21, 1998 Last Unicorn Games issued a press release announcing their acquisition of the ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West End Games
West End Games (WEG) was a company that made board, role-playing, and war games. It was founded by Daniel Scott Palter in 1974 in New York City, but later moved to Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Its product lines included ''Star Wars'', ''Paranoia'', '' Torg'', ''DC Universe'', and '' Junta''. History Scott Palter received a JD from Stanford in 1972 and joined the New York State Bar before he began work at the family firm, Bucci Imports. Drawing on this financial connection, Palter was able to found West End Games, named after the bar in which the meeting that finalized its founding occurred: the West End Bar near Columbia University. Initially a producer of board wargames, In 1983, Palter hired Ken Rolston, Eric Goldberg and Greg Costikyan as game designers, and WEG's focus turned away from traditional wargames. Costikyan's 1983 game '' Bug-Eyed Monsters'' brought WEG into the science-fiction and fantasy genres. Then Costikyan and Goldberg brought Palter a manuscript fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Crawford
Jeremy Crawford is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. He worked for Wizards of the Coast from 2007 to 2025 on the tabletop role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons''. He was the Lead Rules Designer for the game's 4th edition, and one of the Lead Designers of the game's 5th Edition. In 2025, he became the Game Director of Darrington Press. Career Green Ronin Publishing (2005–2007) Jeremy Crawford co-designed and edited the ''Blue Rose'' (2005) role-playing game along with Steve Kenson for Green Ronin Publishing. ''Blue Rose'' won the 2005 ENnie Awards for "Best Rules" and "Best d20 Game". Crawford is credited on the updated edition of ''Blue Rose'' (2017) as it carried forward parts of the setting design from the original edition. He also worked on the second edition of ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' and '' Mutants & Masterminds''. Wizards of the Coast (2007–2025) He was hired by Wizards of the Coast in 2007 as a game designer for their fla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Mearls
Michael Mearls is an American writer and designer of fantasy role-playing games (RPGs) and related fiction. Mearls worked for Wizards of the Coast from 2005 to 2023, holding various positions. He was the senior manager for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' research and design team and then later became the franchise's Creative Director. He co-led design for the 5th edition of the game. He also worked on the '' Castle Ravenloft'' board game, and various compendium books for 3rd, 4th, and 5th editions ''Dungeons & Dragons''. In 2024, he became the Executive Producer of role-playing games at Chaosium. Then in 2025, he became the head of Asmodee. Education Mearls is an alumnus of Dartmouth College. While at Dartmouth he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity, and became known for a satiric letter to the campus paper. Career Mearls wrote the adventure ''To Stand on Hallowed Ground/Swords Against Deception'' (2001) for Fiery Dragon Productions, and the last product from Hogshead Publishing, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company, technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975, the company became influential in the History of personal computers#The early 1980s and home computers, rise of personal computers through software like Windows, and the company has since expanded to Internet services, cloud computing, video gaming and other fields. Microsoft is the List of the largest software companies, largest software maker, one of the Trillion-dollar company, most valuable public U.S. companies, and one of the List of most valuable brands, most valuable brands globally. Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. It rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by Windows. During the 41 years from 1980 to 2021 Microsoft released 9 versions of MS-DOS with a median frequen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Pramas
Chris Pramas is an American game designer and writer, as well as a founder of Green Ronin Publishing. He is best known as the designer of the ''Dragon Age'' RPG, ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' (second edition), and ''Freeport: The City of Adventure''. Career Early career Pramas began his career in the game industry as a freelancer in 1993, contributing to games such as '' Underground'' from Mayfair Games, the supplement '' Dangerous Prey'' (1995) from Pariah Press for '' The Whispering Vault'', and '' The Dying of the Light'' (1995) ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' campaign from Hogshead Publishing. He also contributed to the game '' Over the Edge''. Pramas acquired the rights to ''The Whispering Vault'' from Mike Nystul in early 1996 and with his brother Jason Pramas and their friend Neal Darcy, they founded the company Ronin Publishing; Jason Pramas left before long, and Ronin Publishing only successfully published ''The Book of Hunts'' (1997) before the rights to ''The Whisper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Gorden
Greg Gorden is an American game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. Career Greg Gorden has worked for several gaming companies: * For Victory Games he participated, during the early 1980s, in the design of the '' James Bond 007'' role-playing game (1983). * For Mayfair Games he was in 1985 the main designer on the ''DC Heroes'' role-playing game. Also for Mayfair Games, partnering with White Wolf, he designed ''D.O.A.'', but the game was not published. * For West End Games Gorden brought help to Greg Costikyan and the WEG team in the design of all the editions of '' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game'' (1987, 1992 and 1996). For the same game, in the supplements' list, he was the main author of ''The Star Wars Rules Companion'' (1989) and the ''Imperial Sourcebook'' (First Edition: 1989, Second Edition: 1994Greg Gorden, ''Imperial Sourcebook, Second Edition'', West End Games, New York, June 1994, Editor: Bill Smith, Hardcover, p. 144, ). Also for West End Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Underground (role-playing Game)
''Underground'' is a satirical "grim and gritty"-style superhero role playing game set in the near future. It was released by Mayfair Games in 1993 as a commentary on the politics and society of the early 1990s as expressed through the year 2021. Overview Inspired by the Dark Age of Comic Books, ''Aeon Flux'', and the political and social upheavals of the early 1990s, the game attempts to inspire social and political debate among its players as well as provide entertainment through playing renegade superheroes. In it, players typically play unemployed, genetically enhanced veterans of corporate wars. The backstory for ''Underground'' borrowed heavily from Pat Mills' '' Marshal Law'' and Alan Moore's version of ''Marvelman'', two of the earliest deconstructionist superhero comics of the 1980s. The former had concentrated on genetically engineered super soldiers recently come back from an unsuccessful war in South America. The latter featured technology gathered from a crashed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
