Phil Gallagher is a

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who has worked primarily on

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Career

Phil Gallagher worked for the UK publisher

Games Workshop Games Workshop Group (often abbreviated as GW) is a British manufacturer of miniature wargames, based in Nottingham, England. Its best-known products are ''Warhammer (game), Warhammer'' and ''Warhammer 40,000''. Founded in 1975 by John Peake ...

. Games Workshop was looking for a company interested in a license to ''

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' or ''Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play'' (abbreviated to ''WFRP'' or ''WHFRP'') is a role-playing game set in the ''Warhammer Fantasy (setting), Warhammer Fantasy'' setting, published by Games Workshop or its licensee ...

'', so James Wallis of

Hogshead Publishing Hogshead Publishing was a British game company that produced role-playing games and game supplements. History In October 1994, James Wallis founded Hogshead Publishing, a company which specialised in role-playing and storytelling games. Wallis ba ...

called Gallagher and obtained the license. His ''D&D'' design work includes '' When a Star Falls'' (1984), '' Blade of Vengeance'' (1984), '' Where Chaos Reigns'' (1985), '' Dark Clouds Gather'' (1985), and '' Night's Dark Terror'' (1986).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gallagher, Phil Dungeons & Dragons game designers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay game designers Year of birth missing (living people)