Derek Pearcy

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Derek Pearcy is a game designer, writer, editor and graphic designer known for his work on role-playing games.

Career

Pearcy served as the editor of Pyramid for its first two print issues, in 1993.[ citation needed ] He worked for Steve Jackson Games in the 1990s. [1] Pearcy was working as a staff member of Steve Jackson Games when they chose him to develop their own version of the French role-playing game In Nomine . [2] SJG's In Nomine was published in 1997. [3] In Nomine won the Origins Award for Best Graphic Presentation of a Roleplaying Game, Adventure, or Supplement of 1997. [4] He was a special guest at HexaCon 9 in 1999. [5]

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References

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