Brennan Taylor

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Brennan Taylor
Occupation(s) role-playing games author, designer, and publisher

Brennan Taylor is an American role-playing games author and publisher.

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Career

Brennan Taylor co-founded Indie Press Revolution with Ed Cha of Open World Press in 2004 and was its first CEO. [1] :408 When Taylor hired Fred Hicks of Evil Hat Games as a part-time staff member, Ron Edwards left IPR claiming that that this move would make IPR less friendly to the small press games companies that it was intended to serve. [1] :410 In 2010, Hero Games purchased Indie Press Revolution from Taylor and Cha. [1] :154 Although Taylor stepped down as president, he maintains a minority share. [2] Taylor served as president prior to the next CEO Jason Walters.[ citation needed ]

Taylor is also the owner of Galileo Games, [1] :408 publisher of the games Bulldogs!, Mortal Coil, and How We Came To Live Here . He is also the author of Hard Boilded Empires: Solara,Old Gods: A Mortal Coil Campaign Frame, and The Jersey Side playset for the independent RPG, Fiasco .

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References

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  2. "DOJ Company Announcement". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-09-18.