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Jess Heinig
Jess Heinig is an American game designer best known for working on the Mage: The Ascension series of games in the early 2000s. Since then he has worked on several other role-playing games and served as a programmer for Fallout 1. Career Jess Heinig is best known as an author and developer for White Wolf, Inc. He helped produce, as an author and/or developer, numerous ''Mage: The Ascension'' titles, including ''Mage: The Ascension Revised Edition''. Heinig and Jeff Tidball were two designers hired by the Last Unicorn Games RPG division of Decipher Games in the interim between Wizards of the Coast (2000) and Decipher (2001) purchasing Last Unicorn; by January 2004, Heinig and Tidball were the last two employees left at Last Unicorn, and Decipher therefore closed its RPG division and laid them off. John Wick had talked about designing a version of the D20 System with Heinig that eliminated statistics such as levels, classes, alignments, and hit points, but Wicked Press encoun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wicked Press
Wicked may refer to: Books * Wicked, a minor character in the ''X-Men'' universe * ''Wicked'', a 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire that inspired the musical of the same name * ''Wicked'', the fifth novel in Sara Shepard's ''Pretty Little Liars'' series * ''Wicked'', a young adult novel series written by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié * ''Wicked'', a 1997 novel series collaboration between Australian children's authors Paul Jennings and Morris Gleitzman Film, television and stage * ''Wicked'' (musical), a 2003 musical based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel * ''Wicked'' (1931 film), a musical film starring Bailey Morley and Victor McLaglen * ''The Wicked'' (1991 film), Italian film directed by Carlo Lizzani * ''Wicked'' (1998 film), a 1998 film starring Julia Stiles * ''Wicked!'' (TV series), a 2000 Australian animated series * ''The Wicked'' (2013 film), American film directed by Peter Winther * '' Wicked: Part One'' and '' Wicked: Part Two'', an upcoming two-part film ada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Gamebook Writers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fallout 1
''Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game'' is a 1997 role-playing video game developed and published by Interplay Productions. In a mid-22nd century post-apocalyptic and Retrofuturism, retro-futuristic world, decades after a global nuclear war, ''Fallout'' protagonist, the Vault Dweller, inhabits the underground nuclear shelter Vault 13. After character creation, customizing their character, the player must scour the surrounding wasteland for a computer chip that can fix the Vault's failed water supply system. They interact with other survivors, some of whom give them Quest (video games), missions, and engage in turn-based combat where they battle until their action points are depleted. Tim Cain began working on ''Fallout'' in 1994. It began as a game engine based on Steve Jackson Games's tabletop role-playing game ''GURPS''. Interplay dropped the license after Steve Jackson Games objected to ''Fallout'' violence, and Cain and designer Christopher Taylor (game designer), C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kobold Quarterly
''Kobold Quarterly'' was a roleplaying game magazine created by Wolfgang Baur and published by Open Design LLC. Content ''Kobold Quarterly'' was published four times a year and focused on the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game system. The headquarters of the magazine was in Kirkland, Washington. The magazine occupied the gaming market niche once served by the ''Dungeon'' and ''Dragon'' magazines, and included interviews with game designers as well as supplemental game material. As of 2011, the magazine had three editors, including editor-in-chief Wolfgang Baur. Publication history On May 21, 2007, before Paizo Publishing's publication of their final print magazine — ''Dragon'' #359 (September 2007) — Wolfgang Baur announced that he was working on a new magazine for gamers, and Open Design soon published the first issue of the 3.5E/d20 magazine ''Kobold Quarterly'' (Summer 2007). The first issue of the magazine was published in 2007. The small print run of ''Kobold Qua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wicked Fantasy
Wicked may refer to: Books * Wicked, a minor character in the ''X-Men'' universe * '' Wicked'', a 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire that inspired the musical of the same name * ''Wicked'', the fifth novel in Sara Shepard's ''Pretty Little Liars'' series * ''Wicked'', a young adult novel series written by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié * ''Wicked'', a 1997 novel series collaboration between Australian children's authors Paul Jennings and Morris Gleitzman Film, television and stage * ''Wicked'' (musical), a 2003 musical based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel * ''Wicked'' (1931 film), a musical film starring Bailey Morley and Victor McLaglen * ''The Wicked'' (1991 film), Italian film directed by Carlo Lizzani * ''Wicked'' (1998 film), a 1998 film starring Julia Stiles * ''Wicked!'' (TV series), a 2000 Australian animated series * ''The Wicked'' (2013 film), American film directed by Peter Winther * '' Wicked: Part One'' and '' Wicked: Part Two'', an upcoming two-part film a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houses Of The Blooded
{{italic title ''Houses of the Blooded'' is a roleplaying game designed by John Wick released in July 2008. Its author has described it as the "anti-Dungeons and Dragons roleplaying game," emphasising elements of the fantasy genre that D&D overlooks. Taking a more swords and sorcery approach (rather than "generic fantasy"), the game focuses on romance, intrigue, courtly dangers, and domain management. Overview Players tell the story of the tragic and doomed race of Shanri called the ven. (Both Shanri and the ven previously appeared in Wick's game Enemy Gods.) The ven appear much like humans, but are stronger, faster, and more beautiful. The ven are also emotional powerhouses, emphasising all emotions with capital letters (Love, Hate, Fear, etc.). The ven were created by a mysterious race they call "the sorcerer-kings." The ven speak of this race with absolute fear, terrified their masters may return one day to enslave them once again. Ven culture is a complicated system of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conjecture (convention)
In mathematics, a conjecture is a conclusion or a proposition that is proffered on a tentative basis without proof. Some conjectures, such as the Riemann hypothesis or Fermat's conjecture (now a theorem, proven in 1995 by Andrew Wiles), have shaped much of mathematical history as new areas of mathematics are developed in order to prove them. Resolution of conjectures Proof Formal mathematics is based on ''provable'' truth. In mathematics, any number of cases supporting a universally quantified conjecture, no matter how large, is insufficient for establishing the conjecture's veracity, since a single counterexample could immediately bring down the conjecture. Mathematical journals sometimes publish the minor results of research teams having extended the search for a counterexample farther than previously done. For instance, the Collatz conjecture, which concerns whether or not certain sequences of integers terminate, has been tested for all integers up to 1.2 × 1012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Bridges (game Designer)
Bill Bridges (born September 17, 1965) is an American role-playing game developer and fantasy author. He designed the role-playing games '' Werewolf: The Apocalypse'', '' Mage: The Ascension'', and '' Promethean: The Created''. He additionally worked on a video game based on his '' Fading Suns'' role-playing game ''Emperor of the Fading Suns''. He is currently a developer at Holistic Design. Career Early career Bill Bridges was an original developer for White Wolf Publishing from 1992 to 1995, where he contributed to '' Werewolf: The Apocalypse''. Bridges was the line editor for ''Werewolf'' and as one of the early World of Darkness developers, he was a key figure in developing the look and tone of the productions for the setting. He worked on the Storytelling system rules for all the World of Darkness games. It was his goal to present werewolves as something besides accursed humans, an idea which has since been echoed in some popular contemporary novel series. He was a part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evil Hat Productions
Evil Hat Productions is a company that produces role-playing games and other tabletop games. Chief among them is the free indie RPG, ''Fate'', which has won numerous awards. History Fred Hicks had been working with Lydia Leong, Rob Donoghue, and others to run LARPs at AmberCon NorthWest starting in 1999, and came up with the name Evil Hat for themselves. While on a trip to Lake Tahoe, friends Hicks and Donoghue developed a new game based on a conversation about running another ''Amber'' game and fixing some problems with ''FUDGE''; the result was ''Fate'' which Hicks and Donoghue would publish under the name Evil Hat. Donoghue and Hicks released a complete first-edition of ''Fate'' through Yahoo! Groups (January 2003) then cleaned up the technical writing and slightly polished the system for a second edition (August 2003). Hicks and Donoghue began work on the licensed '' Dresden Files Roleplaying Game'' in 2004, but publication was held up because they decided to use ''Spir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Designer
Game design is the art of applying design and aesthetics to create a game for entertainment or for educational, exercise, or experimental purposes. Increasingly, elements and principles of game design are also applied to other interactions, in the form of gamification. Game designer and developer Robert Zubek defines game design by breaking it down into its elements, which he says are the following: * Gameplay, which is the interaction between the player and the mechanics and systems * Mechanics and systems, which are the rules and objects in the game * Player experience, which is how users feel when they're playing the game Games such as board games, card games, dice games, casino games, role-playing games, sports, video games, war games, or simulation games benefit from the principles of game design. Academically, game design is part of game studies, while game theory studies strategic decision making (primarily in non-game situations). Games have historically inspired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
