Phil Gallagher (game designer)

Phil Gallagher
Occupation	Game designer

Phil Gallagher is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games, and a mathematician.

Career

Phil Gallagher worked for the UK publisher Games Workshop. ^{[1] [2]} His early work included the TSR (UK) magazine Imagine , which ran from 1983 to 1986. When the magazine folded, Gallagher was transferred to working on Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay . ^[3] Games Workshop was looking for a company interested in a license to Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay,^{[ when? ]} so James Wallis of Hogshead Publishing called Gallagher and obtained the license. ^[1] Gallagher's work included a spell from 2001 to 2005 as Chief HR Officer for Games Workshop US. ^[4]

His D&D design work includes When a Star Falls (1984), Blade of Vengeance (1984), Where Chaos Reigns (1985), Dark Clouds Gather (1985),^{[ citation needed ]} and Night's Dark Terror (1986). ^[4]

His Games Workshop publications (co-written from 1986 to 1989, mostly with Graeme Davis and Jim Bambra) include Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay , The Enemy Within , Shadows Over Bogenhafen , and Death on the Reik . ^{[4] [5]}

Gallagher began teaching mathematics at Stevenson University in 2007, first as an adjunct and then, from 2022, as a lecturer. ^[4]

References

1. Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. p. 305. ISBN   978-1-907702-58-7.
2. HispaZargon, "The Phil Gallagher Interview Jun/1993", trans. from Roberto Di Meglio, interview with Phil Gallagher, Kaos, 10 (June 1993).
3. Livingstone, Ian; Jackson, Steve (2022). Dice men: the origin story of games workshop. London: Ubound. ISBN   978-1-80018-053-6.
4. "Philip Gallagher M.A." Stevenson University. Retrieved 2025-11-24.
5. graemedavis (2012-03-01). "The Enemy Within, Again". Graeme Davis. Retrieved 2025-11-24.

External links

• "Phil Gallagher :: Pen & Paper RPG Database". Archived from the original on February 26, 2005.