Peter Cakebread

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Peter Cakebread
Nationality British
Occupation Game designer

Peter Cakebread is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.

Career

Peter Cakebread formed the game company Cakebread & Walton with Ken Walton. [1] :430 [1] :430 They were licensees for the RuneQuest II system published by Mongoose Publishing which they were able to use to design the Clockwork & Chivalry alternate history for the English Civil War. [1] :430 Cakebread has worked on numerous games and systems including Clockwork & Chivalry, Airship Pirates , Dark Streets , the Renaissance d100 rules, Pirates & Dragons and the popular One Dice rules. [2]

Cakebread has also written the novel The Alchemist's Revenge (2013), [3] and was the lead author of the mystery novel The Morecambe Medium (2014). [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN   978-1-907702-58-7.
  2. "World of Warcraft news & tips - clockworkandchivalry.co.uk".
  3. "The Alchemist's Revenge - Cakebread & Walton | DriveThruRPG.com". www.drivethrurpg.com.
  4. "The Morecambe Medium - Cakebread & Walton | DriveThruRPG.com". www.drivethrurpg.com.