Graeme Davis (game designer)

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Graeme Davis
Graeme Davis at Gen Con 2019.jpg
Born
Isleworth, London, England
OccupationGame Designer

Writer

Editor

Graeme Davis is a game designer, writer, and editor in the tabletop role-playing game industry.

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Biography

Davis started playing Dungeons & Dragons in the mid-1970s, shortly after it was first imported into the United Kingdom. [1] After leaving school, he worked in banking before beginning a Bachelor of Arts degree in archaeology at the University of Durham in 1979. He graduated in 1982. [2] That year, Davis wrote his first paid article about Dungeons & Dragons for Games Workshop's White Dwarf magazine. [1] Other opportunities followed with White Dwarf and TSR, Inc.'s Imagine .

Davis was one of the original designers of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (1986). [3] [4] In 1989, Games Workshop transferred the game to the company's new subsidiary Flame Publications, where Davis remained on staff. [5]

Davis wrote the 1987 Fighting Fantasy Gamebook, Midnight Rogue . [6]

Davis published his first novel, Blood and Honor , [7] book four in the Eberron The War-Torn series, in 2006.

Since 2009, Davis has been the line editor for Rogue Games' historical horror RPG Colonial Gothic, contributing to several titles in the line.

In 2022, Davis wrote Mythic Britain & Ireland , an expansion for Vaesen , [8] which won three 2023 Gold ENNIE Awards: Product of the Year, Best Setting, and Best Interior Art. [9] In an interview with Wargamer , Davis explained that he had worked hard to honor the diversity of British and Irish folklore, and that his strategy for writing adventures was "not to overthink, trust yourself, and always keep the players in mind." [8]

Published works (as primary or contributing writer)

References

  1. 1 2 "Graeme Davis". Archived from the original on 24 February 2009.
  2. ↑ "Results of Final Examinations held in June 1982". Durham University Gazette. 27 (New series): 53. 1983. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. ↑ John Foody. "The Warpstone Interview: Graeme Davis". Warpstone. Hogshead Publishing. Archived from the original on 15 September 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. ↑ Marcus Widmer. "Interview with Graeme Davis". Strike to Stun #2. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  5. ↑ Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. p. 50. ISBN   978-1-907702-58-7.
  6. ↑ Jonathan Green, YOU Are The Hero: A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks. Haddenham, Buckinghamshire : Snowbooks Ltd, 2014. ISBN   1909679380 (p.122)
  7. ↑ Davis, Graeme (2006). Blood and Honor. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN   978-0-7869-4069-1.
  8. 1 2 "'Not knowing what you're up against is the most worrying feeling'- talking Vaesen: Mythic Britain and Ireland". Wargamer. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "2023 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards" . Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  10. ↑ Mark Pook. "Plundered Vaults (Review)". RevolutionSF. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  11. ↑ "Creatures of Freeport - RPG Review - GameWyrd" . Retrieved 22 October 2008.
  12. ↑ Little, Jay. "Putting the Uber in Ubersreik: A Designer Diary" . Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  13. ↑ "Vaesen: Mythic Britain and Ireland review – pretty great Britain". Wargamer. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
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