Tim Dedopulos is a British-born writer, game designer and editor of mixed English and Greek heritage. His published material covers a wide range of areas—novels, short-stories, game supplements/strategy guides, direct mail self-help booklets, light popular culture books, and more serious non-fiction works on a variety of subjects.

Career history

Dedopulos was born in Winchester, Hants on the last day of the 60s, and graduated from

University College, London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

in 1993 with a degree in Anthropology (Dedopulos in fact never graduated, so this claim is both incorrect and therefore not surprisingly, unreferenced). He has been writing professionally ever since, often in conjunction with more traditional editorial day jobs. Early in 1995 he joined the Glasgow office of Seattle games giant

Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast LLC (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games. It is currently a subsidi ...

to work on their dystopian future-horror

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SLA Industries ''SLA Industries'' (pronounced "slay") is a role-playing game first published in 1993 by Nightfall Games in Glasgow, Scotland. The game is set in a dystopian far-flung future in which the majority of the known universe is either owned or indirec ...

''. The game line was dropped just before Christmas that same year, and after a period of freelance work, he moved to London publisher

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, where he worked as Executive Editor. In 1998, Wizards of the Coast gave all rights to SLA Industries back to the original creator,

Dave Allsop Dave Allsop is a Scottish game designer and artist for role-playing games and video games. Career Dave Allsop developed the role-playing game '' SLA Industries'' (1993); the Scottish company Nightfall Games was founded solely to publish the game. ...

. Allsop and original SLA designer/co-writer Jared Earle invited Dedopulos to join them in reforming the original company that had produced the game,

Nightfall Games Nightfall Games is a United Kingdom based role-playing game publishing company notable for publishing ''SLA Industries'' and The Terminator RPG. History Nightfall Games was founded by Dave Allsop, Anne Boylan and Jared Earle in April 1993 in G ...

. Dedopulos worked as de facto Managing Editor of Nightfall until the company's publishing partner,

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, closed its operations in 2003. He has been writing and freelancing since then. In 2011 he devised '' The Great Global Treasure Hunt on Google Earth'', a book and online based treasure hunt that uses complicated clues in the associated book, online

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and Google Earth to find a hidden treasure.

Selected bibliography

Dedopulos's publication history includes more than 100 works as of 2016, with almost 200 more as editor. A selection is given below.

Fiction

* ''Elmwood'' (in Cthulhu Lives!, 2014, Ghostwoods Books) * ''Red Phone Box'' (Contributing Author, 2013, Ghostwoods Books) * ''The Doll Factory'' (in Tales of Promethea, 2012, Cubicle Seven) * ''Puppet Masters: Brujah Novel 3'' (2003, White Wolf) * ''The Overseer: Brujah Novel 2'' (2003, White Wolf) * ''Slave Trade: Brujah Novel 1'' (2002, White Wolf) * '' Glass Walkers'' (2002, White Wolf) * ''

Apocrypha Apocrypha are works, usually written, of unknown authorship or of doubtful origin. The word ''apocryphal'' (ἀπόκρυφος) was first applied to writings which were kept secret because they were the vehicles of esoteric knowledge considered ...

'' (1999, White Wolf)

Non-fiction

* ''Mensa Logic Tests'' (2016, Carlton Books) * ''Whodunit Mysteries'' (2016, Arcturus Books) * ''The Biggest Pub Joke Book... Ever'' (2016, Carlton Books) * ''Einstein's Puzzle Universe'' (2016, Carlton Books) * ''The Middle Earth Puzzle Collection'' (2015, Carlton Books) * ''Whodunits'' (2015, Arcturus Books) * ''A Game of Thrones Puzzle Quest'' (2014, Carlton Books) * ''Dante's Infernal Puzzle Collection'' (2013, Carlton Books) * ''Tutankhamun's Book of Puzzles'' (2012, Carlton Books) * ''The Great Global Treasure Hunt on Google Earth'' (2011, Carlton Books) * ''The Sherlock Holmes Puzzle Collection'' (2011, Carlton Books) * ''Killer Crosswords'' (2010, Carlton Books) * ''The Greatest Puzzles Ever Solved'' (2009, Carlton Books) * ''Ultimate Logic Puzzles'' (2007, Carlton Books) * ''Symbolism'' (as Tim Kenner, 2006, Carlton Books) * '' The Brotherhood'' (2005, Carlton Books) * ''The Book of Witches'' (2005, Carlton Books) * ''

Kabbalah Kabbalah ( he, קַבָּלָה ''Qabbālā'', literally "reception, tradition") is an esoteric method, discipline and school of thought in Jewish mysticism. A traditional Kabbalist is called a Mekubbal ( ''Məqūbbāl'' "receiver"). The de ...

'' (2004, Carlton Books) * ''The Book of Wizards'' (2002, Carlton Books) * ''Kick It: The Radiskull & Devil Doll Phenomenon'' (2001, Carlton Books) * ''Excel 2000 Made Painless'' (2000, Carlton Books) * ''The Encyclopaedia of Fantasy'' (Contributing Author, 1998–2002, Carlton Books) * ''The Best Pub Joke Book Ever! Volume 2'' (1998, Carlton Books) * ''The Best Book of Insults and Put-Downs Ever!'' (1998, Carlton Books) * ''The Official

Magic: The Gathering ''Magic: The Gathering'' (colloquially known as ''Magic'' or ''MTG'') is a Tabletop game, tabletop and Digital collectible card game, digital Collectible card game, collectable card game created by Richard Garfield. Released in 1993 by Wizards ...

Deckbuilders' Guide'' (1997, Carlton Books) * ''The Tao of Revitalisation'' (1996, De Swartes) * ''The Self-Hypnosis Handbook'' (1995, De Swartes) * ''The Encyclopedia of Sex'' (1995, De Swartes) * ''Management & Relief of Arthritis'' (1994, De Swartes) * ''Irritable Bowel Syndrome'' (1993, De Swartes)

Role-playing game books

* ''

Unknown Armies ''Unknown Armies'' is an occult-themed roleplaying game by John Scott Tynes and Greg Stolze, published by Atlas Games. The first edition was published in 1998, with the second and third editions being released in 2002 and 2017 respectively. The ...

3rd Edition Book 1: Play'' (Contributing Author, 2016,

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) * ''

3rd Edition Book 2: Run'' (Contributing Author, 2016,

) * ''

3rd Edition Book 3: Reveal'' (Contributing Author, 2016,

) * ''

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: Crusade of Ashes'' (Contributing Author, 2003, White Wolf) * ''

: Shadow Games'' (Contributing Author, 2003, White Wolf) * ''

EverQuest ''EverQuest'' is a 3D fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) originally developed by Verant Interactive and 989 Studios for Windows PCs. It was released by Sony Online Entertainment in March 1999 in North Ame ...

DM Guide'' (Contributing Author, 2002, White Wolf) * '' Hush Hush'' (Contributing Author, 2001,

) * ''

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Book Hermits'' (Contributing Author, 2001, White Wolf) * ''

Book Visionaries'' (Contributing Author, 2001, White Wolf) * ''

Book Redeemers'' (Contributing Author, 2001, White Wolf) * '' Hunter The Reckoning: Storyteller's Guide,'' (Contributing Author, 2001, White Wolf) * '' Hunter The Reckoning: Players' Guide'' (Contributing Author, 2000, White Wolf) * ''

Hogshead Edition'' (Contributing Author, 2000, Nightfall) * '' Elevator to the Netherworld'' (Contributing Author, 2000,

) * '' Statosphere'' (Contributing Author, 2000,

) * '' Golden Comeback'' (Contributing Author, 2000,

) * '' The Contract Directory'' (Contributing Author, 1999–2001, Nightfall) * '' Post-Modern Magick'' (Contributing Author, 1999,

) * '' OneShots'' (Contributing Author, 1999,

)

References

External links

Tim Dedopulos websitePen & Paper listing for Tim Dedopulos
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dedopulos, Tim 1969 births Alumni of University College London English horror writers English people of Greek descent Living people Role-playing game designers White Wolf game designers Atlas Games people Role-playing game writers