Adam Jury is a Canadian

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er and

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er working in the hobby games industry. He is the co-founder of Posthuman Studios.

History

Adam Jury is a graphic designer. He began his career as a freelance writer working with

FASA Corporation 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 In ...

on the ''

Shadowrun ''Shadowrun'' is a science fantasy tabletop role-playing game set in an alternate future in which cybernetics, magic in fiction, magic and fantasy creatures co-exist. It combines genres of cyberpunk, urban fantasy, and crime fiction, crime, wit ...

'' roleplaying game in 2000, and moved to a design and layout role when he began working for

Guardians of Order Guardians of Order was a Canadian company founded in 1996 by Mark C. MacKinnon in Guelph, Ontario. The company's business output consisted of role-playing games (RPGs). Their first game is the anime inspired '' Big Eyes, Small Mouth''. In 2006 Gu ...

(GoO) full-time in 2002. Jury took over working on the licensed ''

Big Eyes, Small Mouth ''Big Eyes, Small Mouth'' (''BESM'') is a tabletop role-playing game originally produced by Guardians of Order in 1997 that was designed to simulate the action of anime and manga. The title alludes to the common anime drawing style of character ...

'' supplements in 2002 from

Jeff Mackintosh Jeffrey Ian "Jeff" Mackintosh (January 22, 1971 – September 24, 2016) was a game designer and writer who worked primarily on role-playing games. Early life Jeffrey Ian Mackintosh was born in 1971, the son of Ian and Dorothy Mackintosh. Career ...

, and '' Uresia: Grave of Heaven'' (2003) is one of the earlier books that included art from Jury. In 2004, when GoO began scaling down their operations and output, Jury helped GoO finish and publish some of their last products while returning to work as a freelancer with other publishers While working as a graphic designer at

Catalyst Game Labs Catalyst Game Labs (CGL) was created in May 2007 by InMediaRes Productions, LLC for the purpose of publishing print ''Shadowrun'' and ''Classic BattleTech'' sourcebooks.Posthuman Studios in 2009 with Rob Boyle and ''

'' writer

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. He resigned from Catalyst in March 2010. Jury works primarily with FanPro on ''Shadowrun'' and ''

Classic BattleTech ''Classic BattleTech'' is a table-top wargame set in the fictional ''BattleTech'' universe that simulates combat between futuristic mechanized forces. Originally published by FASA Corporation, the game is now produced by Catalyst Game Labs und ...

'' (a revised edition of the classic miniatures game), as well as pursuing a number of original projects.

Awards

Jury has worked on several award-winning or nominated products, including the following: * ''Dreaming Cities'' - nominated for an

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 ...

in 2005 * ''

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'' RPG - nominated for

ENnie Awards 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 ...

in multiple categories in 2006; Runner-Up for Best Game award. * ''

, Fourth Edition'' - winner of ENnie Awards for Best Game and Best Rules in 2006. Jury was the gaming guest of honor at MechaCon in July 2009.

Notable works

Eclipse Phase ''Eclipse Phase'' is a science fiction horror role-playing game with Transhumanism, transhumanist themes. It was originally published by Catalyst Game Labs, and is now published by the game's creators, Posthuman Studios, and is released under a ...

, an RPG about

transhumanism Transhumanism is a philosophical and intellectual movement that advocates the human enhancement, enhancement of the human condition by developing and making widely available new and future technologies that can greatly enhance longevity, cogni ...

and existential horror in a post apocalyptic future. *

RPG *

3rd edition *Dreaming Cities * Ex Machina RPG *

, Fourth Edition * Battletech, Total Warfare *

Tri-Stat dX Guardians of Order was a Canadian company founded in 1996 by Mark C. MacKinnon in Guelph, Ontario. The company's business output consisted of role-playing games (RPGs). Their first game is the anime inspired ''Big Eyes, Small Mouth''. In 2006 Gua ...

References

External links

Official website

Adam Jury :: Pen & Paper RPG Databasearchive

Shadowrun, Fourth Edition Review
from

Ken Hite Kenneth Hite (born September 15, 1965) is a writer and role-playing game designer. Hite is the author of '' Trail of Cthulhu'' and '' Night's Black Agents'' role-playing games, and lead designer of the 5th edition of '' Vampire: the Masquerade''. ...

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