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The Enemy Within Campaign
''The Enemy Within'' campaign (abbreviated to TEW) is a series of adventures for ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' originally published by Games Workshop in the late 1980s. The campaign was voted the best RPG campaign of all time by ''Casus Belli'' magazine. History ''The Enemy Within'' (1986-1989) is a series of linked adventure scenarios published by Games Workshop for ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' that was praised as a detailed campaign that actually told a story. The first adventure in the series is ''The Enemy Within'' (1986) by Jim Bambra, Phil Gallagher, and Graeme Davis, followed by: ''Shadows Over Bögenhafen'' (1987) by Davis, Bambra, and Gallagher; ''Death on the Reik'' (1987) by Gallagher, Bambra, and Davis; ''Power Behind the Throne'' (1988) by Carl Sargent, ''Something Rotten in Kislev'' (1989) by Ken Rolston with Graeme Davis, and ''Empire in Flames'' (1989) by Sargent. ''Shadows Over Bögenhafen'' (1995) from Hogshead Publishing is the first in a series of publishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' or ''Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play'' (abbreviated to ''WFRP'' or ''WHFRP'') is a role-playing game set in the ''Warhammer Fantasy'' setting, published by Games Workshop or its licensees. The first edition of ''WFRP'' was published in 1986 and later maintained by Hogshead Publishing. A second edition developed by Green Ronin Publishing was published in 2004 by Black Industries. Fantasy Flight Games published a third edition under license in November 2009. This edition used a new system retaining few mechanics of the original. A fourth edition rooted in the first and second editions was released under license by Cubicle 7 in 2018. Publishing history First edition ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' was first published in 1986 by Games Workshop. The product was intended as an adjunct to the Warhammer Fantasy Battle tabletop game. A number of GW publications – such as the '' Realm of Chaos'' titles – included material for ''WFRP'' and WFB (and the sci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Games Workshop
Games Workshop Group (often abbreviated as GW) is a British manufacturer of miniature wargames, based in Nottingham, England. Its best-known products are ''Warhammer Age of Sigmar'' and ''Warhammer 40,000''. Founded in 1975 by John Peake (game designer), John Peake, Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson (UK), Steve Jackson, Games Workshop was originally a manufacturer of wooden boards for games including backgammon, mancala, nine men's morris and Go (board game), Go. It later became an importer of the U.S. role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons'', and then a publisher of wargames and role-playing games in its own right, expanding from a bedroom mail-order company in the process. It expanded into Europe, the US, Canada, and Australia in the early 1990s. All UK-based operations were relocated to the current headquarters in Lenton, Nottingham in 1997. It started promoting games associated with The Lord of the Rings (film series), ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy in 2001. It al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casus Belli (magazine)
''Casus Belli'' is a French magazine about role-playing games, published in different formats since 1980. It contains news, reviews, interviews, features, and role-playing game materials. The magazine was published by Excelsior Publications until 1999, by Arkana Press in 2000–2006, and by Casus Belli Presse in 2010–2011, and has been published by Black Book Éditions since 2011. Since 2020, it also has the online video companion ''Casus TV'', which is produced in collaboration with ''Tric Trac''. History ''Casus Belli'' has been released in different forms since 1980, originally under editor-in-chief François Marcela-Froideval and published by Excelsior Publications; for its first few issues, it was a short, black-and-white publication, before changing to a larger format printed in color. In this incarnation, it became the leading role-playing game magazine on the French market. The artists working on this edition included the cartoonist Tignous. The magazine ended publicat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Bambra
Jim Bambra (born 1956)Jim Bambra: Director Summary Company Check Ltd is a British designer and reviewer of (RPG), and a former company director. He is particularly known for his contributions to '''', '''', '' |
Phil Gallagher (game Designer)
Phil Gallagher is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. Career Phil Gallagher worked for the UK publisher Games Workshop. Games Workshop was looking for a company interested in a license to ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'', so James Wallis of Hogshead Publishing called Gallagher and obtained the license. His ''D&D'' design work includes ''When a Star Falls'' (1984), '' Blade of Vengeance'' (1984), '' Where Chaos Reigns'' (1985), ''Dark Clouds Gather ''Dark Clouds Gather'' is an adventure module published in 1985 for the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Plot summary ''Dark Clouds Gather'' is an adventure which involves combat between creatures in the air, and an at ...'' (1985), and '' Night's Dark Terror'' (1986). References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gallagher, Phil Dungeons & Dragons game designers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay game designers Year of birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graeme Davis (game Designer)
Graeme Davis (born 1958, in Isleworth, England) is a game designer, writer and editor who has worked extensively in the roleplaying game industry. Biography Davis started playing ''Dungeons & Dragons'' in the mid-1970s, shortly after it was first imported into the United Kingdom. After leaving school he worked in the banking industry before studying for a Bachelor of Arts degree in archaeology at the University of Durham in 1979. He graduated in 1982, and started work towards a Doctor of Philosophy degree. Games Workshop's ''White Dwarf'' magazine in 1982 gave Davis his first paid opportunity to write an article about ''Dungeons & Dragons''. Other opportunities followed, including ''White Dwarf'' and other magazines such as TSR, Inc.'s ''Imagine''. A job offer from Games Workshop in 1986 prompted Davis to leave university with his Ph.D. unfinished. However, his historical and archaeological knowledge and research skills have been put into use throughout his career with sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Sargent
Carl Lynwood Sargent (11 December 1952 – 12 September 2018) was a British parapsychologist and author of several roleplaying game-based products and novels, who used the pen name Keith Martin to write ''Fighting Fantasy'' gamebooks. Early life and education Sargent was schooled in South Wales and the West of England. He then attended Churchill College, Cambridge, majoring in the natural sciences, and graduated with honours in psychology in 1974. He received a PhD in 1979 for a work which bore on parapsychology, and went on to undertake post-doctoral research in parapsychology at the Psychological Laboratory of the University of Cambridge. Sargent was the first parapsychologist to obtain a Cambridge doctorate. He taught psychology at the same university. Many of his experiments were made using students from the science and geography departments opposite the Psychology department on the Downing Site, paying £2-3 per experiment; the main task would be to guess the colour or value ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Rolston
Ken Rolston is an American computer game and role-playing game (pen and paper), role-playing game designer best known for his work with West End Games and on the computer game series ''The Elder Scrolls''. In February 2007, he elected to join the staff of computer games company Big Huge Games to create a new role-playing game.: 13 February 2007 press release Rolston has a master's degree from New York University, and is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He has been a professional games designer since 1982. Tabletop role-playing games Ken Rolston spent twelve years as an award-winning designer of tabletop role-playing games. His credits include games and supplements for ''Paranoia (role-playing game), Paranoia'', ''RuneQuest'', ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'', ''Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'', and ''Dungeons & Dragons''. Rolston was a ''Basic Role-Playing'' writer for Chaosium. Rolston had al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hogshead Publishing
Hogshead Publishing was a British game company that produced role-playing games and game supplements. History In October 1994, James Wallis founded Hogshead Publishing, a company which specialised in role-playing and storytelling games. Wallis based the company in the UK, and got a license from Phil Gallagher at Games Workshop to publish books for ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay''. Wallis and Andrew Rilstone changed the name of the magazine ''Inter*action'' to ''Interactive Fantasy'' due to trademark concerns beginning with its second issue, which was also Hogshead's first publication; the magazine only lasted two more issues after that. ''Warhammer'' sold well, but Hogshead had problems with their distributor, and Wallis had to let go of all the company's staff. By the end of 1997, cashflow had improved so Wallis moved the company to an office, and hired Matthew Pook. Phil Masters contributed adventures to Hogshead Publishing's licensed version of ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Enemy Within (Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay)
''The Enemy Within'' is an adventure published by Games Workshop in 1986 for the fantasy role-playing game ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay''. Contents ''The Enemy Within'' is the first of six linked adventures in '' The Enemy Within Campaign'' taking place in the Warhammer world, where hidden powers of Chaos plot the destruction of the Empire. ''The Enemy Within'' contains * a 56-page booklet * a 22” x 34” color foldout map of the Empire * two 11” x 17” card-stock sheets with player handouts, maps, diagrams, and gamemaster references Most of the 56-page booklet outlines how to run a campaign Campaign or The Campaign may refer to: Types of campaigns * Campaign, in agriculture, the period during which sugar beets are harvested and processed *Advertising campaign, a series of advertisement messages that share a single idea and theme * Bl ..., and summarizes the history and setting of the Empire. The balance of the booklet contains an adventure, "Mistaken Identity", which sets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graeme Davis (game Author)
Graeme Davis (born 1958, in Isleworth, England) is a game designer, writer and editor who has worked extensively in the roleplaying game industry. Biography Davis started playing ''Dungeons & Dragons'' in the mid-1970s, shortly after it was first imported into the United Kingdom. After leaving school he worked in the banking industry before studying for a Bachelor of Arts degree in archaeology at the University of Durham in 1979. He graduated in 1982, and started work towards a Doctor of Philosophy degree. Games Workshop's ''White Dwarf'' magazine in 1982 gave Davis his first paid opportunity to write an article about ''Dungeons & Dragons''. Other opportunities followed, including ''White Dwarf'' and other magazines such as TSR, Inc.'s ''Imagine''. A job offer from Games Workshop in 1986 prompted Davis to leave university with his Ph.D. unfinished. However, his historical and archaeological knowledge and research skills have been put into use throughout his career with sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadows Over Bögenhafen
''Shadows Over Bögenhafen'' is a 1987 role-playing game adventure for ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' published by Games Workshop. Contents ''Shadows Over Bögenhafen'' follows the first adventure, '' The Enemy Within'' as the player characters go to the fair at Bogenhafen. Reception Richard A. Edwards reviewed ''Shadows Over Bögenhafen'' in '' Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer'' No. 82. Edwards commented that "Those Game Masters who want a well done town for use in their own campaign could certainly use the information provided for Bogenhafen." Reviews *'' Dragon'' #126 (Oct., 1987) *''White Wolf A white wolf or Arctic wolf is a mammal of the ''Canidae'' family and a subspecies of the gray wolf. It may also refer to: Organizations * White Wolf (band), a Canadian heavy metal band * White Wolf (band), white power oi band from the USA * Whi ...'' #9 (1988) * '' Casus Belli'' #37 (April 1987) References {{reflist Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1987 Warhammer Fantasy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
