Gareth Hanrahan

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Gareth Hanrahan
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Hanrahan at Warpcon 2019
NationalityIrish
Occupation(s) Game designer, author

Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan is an Irish game designer and novelist who has worked primarily on role-playing games.

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Career

Hanrahan was one of the game designers included in the experimental community connected to the Gaming Outpost. [1] : 406  Hanrahan oversaw the writing for Paranoia when Mongoose Publishing brought it in-house. [1] : 398  Hanrahan wrote the fifth RuneQuest setting from Mongoose, Hawkmoon: The Roleplaying Game (2007). [1] : 399  Hanrahan wrote the Traveller Core Rulebook (2008), which was able to outsell RuneQuest and become the new #1 game from Mongoose. [1] : 401  Hanrahan wrote the 12th-century setting Deus Vult (2010) which became one of the settings that received new support in RuneQuest II. [1] : 399  Hanrahan was one of the employees let go in the layoffs which resulted when Mongoose separated from Rebellion in March 2010. [1] : 402 

Hanrahan helped Pelgrane Press support their GUMSHOE System by producing monthly supplements, beginning in late 2010. [1] : 385  Cubicle 7 expanded its staff in 2011 by hiring industry insiders such as Hanrahan, Walt Ciechanowski, Charles Ryan, and Neil Ford. [1] : 432  He is currently employed as a full-time writer for Pelgrane Press. [2] He also holds the position of Line Developer for The Laundry Files roleplaying game published by Cubicle 7. [3]

Fiction

Hanrahan is the author of the Paranoia novel Reality Optional. [4] He has also contributed short stories to the Stone Skin Press anthologies The Lion and the Aardvark [5] and Schemers. [6]

He released his debut novel in 2019, and its sequels in the "Black Iron Legacy" series in 2020 and 2021:

The series is a gothic/steampunk adventure, set in the city of Guerdon, which has been described as being inspired by Hanrahan's native city of Cork. [10]

Awards and nominations

Hanrahan has received the following ENnie awards:

Hanrahan has received the following ENnie nominations:

Hanrahan has received the following Origins nominations:

Games

Games designed / written by Hanrahan include:

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