Grey Ghost Press was founded in 1994 by Ann Dupuis after spending time working on the '' Fudge RPG'' system by

Steffan O'Sullivan Steffan O'Sullivan is the author of several role-playing game books. Career Steffan O'Sullivan was a writer for '' GURPS'' products including '' GURPS Swashbucklers'' (1990) and '' GURPS Bunnies & Burrows'' (1992). He designed the '' FUDGE'' role ...

. She initially created the company as Wild Mule Games in 1994, incorporated her company the following year as Ghostdancer Press, and then renamed it Grey Ghost Press. The company soon became the owner of the copyright to ''Fudge'' and began officially publishing the system with their first release ''Fudge 1995 Edition''. Later they re-released the system as ''Fudge 1995 Expanded Edition''. The company also published other games based on the ''Fudge'' rules, such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2000, Grey Ghost received the rights to publish an RPG based on

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's fantasy world Deryni and the Eleven Kingdoms. The ''

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'' was nominated for the "Role-Playing Game of the Year" at the 2006

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Awards.

Fudge RPG

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on the rec.games.design newsgroup. Its design focuses more on the story and the player instead of dice throws.

References

External links

Official website
* Grey Ghost Press

* Deryni Realm
Deryni Homepage
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