Peter Corless is a

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who has worked primarily on

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Early life

Peter Corless was born in New York City in 1964.

Career

Peter Corless has been part of the gaming industry since the 1980s, first employed at

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, where he worked on various projects, from ''

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'' to the '' Star Wars Roleplaying Game'' and ''Star Warriors'' board game. Corless obtained the rights to both the '' Pendragon'' game line and fiction line from

Chaosium Chaosium Inc. ( ) is a publisher of tabletop role-playing games established by Greg Stafford (game designer), Greg Stafford in 1975. Chaosium's major titles include ''Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game), Call of Cthulhu'', based on the horror fic ...

in 1998 when Chaosium defaulted on a loan he had made to them. Using money he made from his employment at

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, Corless created the company

Green Knight Publishing Green Knight Publishing was founded by Peter Corless in 1998. He had acquired the rights to Chaosium's award-winning '' Pendragon'' role-playing game after they defaulted on a loan from Corless with Pendragon as collateral. From 1999 to 2001, Gree ...

to publish the ''Pendragon'' fiction and RPG lines. Corless received three roleplaying products as well as two books of fiction that had been in progress at Chaosium; the book of fiction ''Arthur, the Bear of Britain'' (1998) was ready to be printed but was delayed due to cashflow problems, so Green Knight was able to get it printed right away, while the other fiction book ''To the Chapel Perilous'' (1999) was published in the following year. Corless had Green Knight fully operational by 1999 and published the three role-playing game supplements that Chaosium had originally intended to publish: the adventure books ''Tales of Chivalry and Romance'' (1999) and ''Tales of Magic and Miracles'' (1999) by

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, and the ''Saxons'' (2000) background book by Roderick Robertson. Corless eventually became the line editor for the ''Pendragon'' role-playing game as a result of financial problems. Corless brought on

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to oversee the ''Pendragon'' fiction line for Green Knight in 1999. Corless often opted to pay printers, artists, and authors that Chaosium left unpaid for ''Pendragon'' work, although Green Knight not under any obligation to resolve their old debts. Green Knight was unable to continue publishing after a series of events caused financial problems, so Corless first made sure his freelancers had their right returned and fees paid, and then sold the rights and remaining stock of the ''Pendragon'' RPG to

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in 2005. Corless lives in

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References

External links

Homepage of Peter Corless

Peter Corless :: Pen & Paper RPG Databasearchive
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