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R. Hyrum Savage is an RPG designer and brand manager whose design credits include Diomin and Forbidden Kingdoms .
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R. Hyrum Savage is an RPG designer and brand manager whose design credits include Diomin and Forbidden Kingdoms .
Hyrum has worked for Disney Interactive, FreePC, and eMachines.[ citation needed ] Savage started the California-based OtherWorld Creations (OWC) with Dave Webb, as one of the many publishers that got started in role-playing games to publish material for the D20 System. [1] The company began publication with Diomin (2000), which had originally been designed for GURPS but the availability of d20 licensing persuaded Savage and friends Chad Cunningham and Chris Miller to convert the setting to d20 instead. [1] Savage was also one of the creators behind Forbidden Kingdoms . [2] In 2004 Savage went to work for Upper Deck Entertainment, when production for OtherWorld Creations stopped because both their distributor Wizard's Attic and the d20 market collapsed. [1] Savage brought OtherWorld Creations back in 2006 when he saw another licensing opportunity similar to the OGL. [1] In 2007, Savage was able to start a subsidiary of OtherWorld Creations with Stan Brown that they called Super Genius Games. [1] Savage was the product manager for hobby games, as well as the Marvel and DC Comics trading card games, at Upper Deck. [2] Savage left Upper Deck in 2009 and was then able to spend more of his time on Super Genius Games. [1]
Until May 2008 he was the brand manager for the New Hobby Games division at Upper Deck Entertainment, as well as the brand manager for the Vs. System and all other superhero product lines including the Marvel Masterpieces trading card brand and Marvel Ultimate Battles TCG.
He accepted a new position as marketing manager at Paizo Publishing in September, 2010. Later, he was laid off by the company and took up another job at Glu Mobile. He left the company in late 2012 and has been able to focus on Super Genius along with any side jobs he can find.
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