Ed Cha

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Ed Cha
NationalityAmerican
Occupation role-playing games author, video games licensing executive

Ed Cha is an American role-playing games author.

Career

In 2004, Ed Cha co-founded Indie Press Revolution with Brennan Taylor of Galileo Games. [1] :408 Previously, Cha had founded Open World Press, publisher of the "World of Whitethorn" series of adventure settings for the d20 system. [2] In 2010, Hero Games purchased Indie Press Revolution from Taylor and Cha. [1] :154

"World of Whitethorn 1B: The Village of Oester" was nominated for an ENnie for "Best Adventure of the Year" in 2005. He stepped down as chairman of Indie Press Revolution in 2006.

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References

  1. 1 2 Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN   978-1-907702-58-7.
  2. "IPR :: About Us". Indiepressrevolution.com. Retrieved 9 January 2018.