Adam Jury is a Canadian

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er and

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er working in the hobby games industry. He is the co-founder of

Posthuman Studios Posthuman Studios is an American game company that produces role-playing games and game supplements. History Catalyst Game Labs's fourth roleplaying line was '' Eclipse Phase'' (2009), the product of Posthuman Studios, a new game design studio c ...

History

Adam Jury is a graphic designer. Jury began his career as a freelance writer working with

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on the ''

Shadowrun ''Shadowrun'' is a science fantasy tabletop role-playing game set in an alternate future in which cybernetics, magic and fantasy creatures co-exist. It combines genres of cyberpunk, urban fantasy and crime, with occasional elements of conspir ...

'' roleplaying game in 2000, and moved to a design and layout role when he began working for

Guardians of Order Guardians of Order was a Canadian company founded in 1996 by Mark C. MacKinnon in Guelph, Ontario. The company's business output consisted of role-playing games (RPGs). Their first game is the anime inspired ''Big Eyes, Small Mouth''. In 2006 Gua ...

(GoO) full-time in 2002. Jury took over working on the licensed '' Big Eyes, Small Mouth'' supplements in 2002 from Jeff Mackintosh, and '' Uresia: Grave of Heaven'' (2003) is one of the earlier books that included art from Jury. In 2004, when GoO began scaling down their operations and output, Jury helped GoO finish and publish some of their last products while returning to work as a freelancer with other publishers While working as a graphic designer at

Catalyst Game Labs Catalyst Game Labs (CGL) was created in May 2007 by InMediaRes Productions, LLC for the purpose of publishing print ''Shadowrun'' and ''Classic BattleTech'' sourcebooks.Posthuman Studios Posthuman Studios is an American game company that produces role-playing games and game supplements. History Catalyst Game Labs's fourth roleplaying line was '' Eclipse Phase'' (2009), the product of Posthuman Studios, a new game design studio c ...

in 2009 with

Rob Boyle Robert Boyle is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. Career Rob Boyle had been an editor at FASA during its waning days, and decided not to go over to WizKids when the new company was forming, as he knew that they wo ...

and ''

'' writer Brian Cross. Jury resigned from Catalyst in March 2010. Jury works primarily with

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on ''Shadowrun'' and ''

Classic BattleTech ''Classic BattleTech'' is a table-top wargame set in the fictional ''BattleTech'' universe that simulates combat between futuristic mechanized forces. Originally published by FASA Corporation, the game is now produced by Catalyst Game Labs under ...

'' (a revised edition of the classic miniatures game), as well as pursuing a number of original projects.

Awards

Adam Jury has worked on several award-winning or nominated products, including the following: * ''Dreaming Cities'' - nominated for an

ENnie Award The ENNIE Awards (previously stylized as ENnie Awards) are awards for role-playing game (RPG) products (including game-related accessories, publications, and art) and their creators. The awards were created in 2001 by Russ Morrissey of EN World ...

in 2005 * ''

A Game of Thrones ''A Game of Thrones'' is the first novel in ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin. It was first published on August 1, 1996. The novel won the 1997 Locus Award and was nominated for both ...

'' RPG - nominated for

ENnie Awards The ENNIE Awards (previously stylized as ENnie Awards) are awards for role-playing game (RPG) products (including game-related accessories, publications, and art) and their creators. The awards were created in 2001 by Russ Morrissey of EN World i ...

in multiple categories in 2006; Runner-Up for Best Game award. * ''

, Fourth Edition'' - winner of ENnie Awards for Best Game and Best Rules in 2006. Jury was the gaming guest of honor at MechaCon in July 2009.

Notable works

Eclipse Phase ''Eclipse Phase'' is a science fiction horror role-playing game with transhumanist themes. Originally published by Catalyst Game Labs, ''Eclipse Phase'' is now published by the game's creators, Posthuman Studios, and is released under a Crea ...

, an RPG about transhumanism and existential horror in a post apocalyptic future. *

RPG * Big Eyes, Small Mouth 3rd edition *Dreaming Cities * Ex Machina RPG *

, Fourth Edition * Battletech, Total Warfare *

Tri-Stat dX Guardians of Order was a Canadian company founded in 1996 by Mark C. MacKinnon in Guelph, Ontario. The company's business output consisted of role-playing games (RPGs). Their first game is the anime inspired '' Big Eyes, Small Mouth''. In 2006 Gu ...

References

External links

Official website

Adam Jury :: Pen & Paper RPG Databasearchive

Shadowrun, Fourth Edition Review
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Ken Hite Kenneth Hite (born September 15, 1965) is a writer and role-playing game designer. Hite is the author of Trail of Cthulhu and Night's Black Agents role-playing games, and lead designer of the 5th edition of ''Vampire: the Masquerade''. Education ...

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