Gareth-Michael Skarka

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Gareth-Michael Skarka
Nationality American
Occupation Game designer

Gareth-Michael Skarka is an author [1] and game designer who founded Adamant Entertainment and has worked primarily on e-published role-playing games.

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Career

Gareth-Michael Skarka designed the cinematic role-playing game Hong Kong Action Theatre! (1996), which was first published by the small-press RPG company Event Horizon Productions. [2] : 336  Skarka co-authored the swashbuckling Skull & Bones (2003) campaign background supplement for the Mythic Vistas series from Green Ronin Publishing. [2] : 372  Based in Lawrence, Kansas, Skarka started his company Adamant Entertainment in 2003, publishing material largely for the electronic market, and with a focus on role-playing games. [2] : 430  [1] Skarka later supported Skull & Bones through Adamant Entertainment. [2] : 372  When regular Cubicle 7 editor Dominic McDowall-Thomas was unavailable due to a consultancy contract, Skarka filled in to edit Starblazer Adventures (2008). [2] : 428 

Adamant Entertainment has designed licensed role-playing downloads for Doctor Who and Star Trek along with original worlds.

Far West

In 2011, Skarka ran a Kickstarter campaign which attracted $49,324 in funding for development and publication of his Far West role-playing game, and had regularly posted updates to his Kickstarter after missing deadlines. [3] Far West was intended as a transmedia project including a fiction collection (Tales of the Far West, published in e-book format 30 January 2012) and a role-playing game (Far West Adventure Game, intended for release in December 2011, but still incomplete as of the 10th anniversary of the project’s successful funding). Skarka maintained in 2021 that he intends to release the product [4] despite the fact that no progress was demonstrated for over a decade. [5] It was finally published on September 8, 2023. [6]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN   978-1-907702-58-7.
  3. ↑ Helton, Christopher (2015). "The Federal Trade Commission Takes Action Against Board Game Kickstarter". Bleedingcool.com. Bleeding Cool News. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  4. ↑ Skarka, Gareth (2021). "Official Far West Blog". intothefarwest.com. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  5. ↑ "Far West Delivery Dates". 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  6. ↑ https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/452473/far-west
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