Justin Achilli

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Justin Achilli is best known as an author and developer for White Wolf, Inc.

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Career

Justin Achilli began working at White Wolf in 1995. [1] Achilli has contributed as an author for numerous Vampire: The Masquerade and Vampire: The Requiem titles, and acted as the developer for the launch of Vampire: The Requiem. [2] [3] Achilli has also contributed to Werewolf , Mage , Promethean , Changeling , Ravenloft , and other titles. [1] He was promoted to Editing & Development Manager at White Wolf in 2005. [3]

He has worked on over 100 Vampire titles. [4]

Achilli co-designed the Exalted role-playing game with Steve Wieck and Robert Hatch, and the game was published in 2001; author Shannon Appelcline noted that the game "was both well-received and commercially successful", unlike many of the later games from White Wolf. [5]

Achilli was one of the guests at Project A-Kon in 2006. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Achilli, Justin (2007). "Blood Bowl". In Lowder, James (ed.). Hobby Games: The 100 Best . Green Ronin Publishing. pp. 28–30. ISBN   978-1-932442-96-0.
  2. Vampire: The Requiem, ISBN   1588462471, Amazon listing
  3. 1 2 (February 2005). "Newsnotes: Publishers", Chronicle 27 (2): 6–17.
  4. "J. Wiley & Sons, Inc". Wiley.com. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  5. Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. p. 227. ISBN   978-1-907702-58-7.
  6. "A-Kon 2006 Information". AnimeCons.com. Retrieved 2007-12-25.