Dave Allsop is a

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game designer and artist for role-playing games and

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Career

Dave Allsop developed the role-playing game ''

SLA Industries ''SLA Industries'' (pronounced "slay") is a role-playing game first published in 1993 by Nightfall Games in Glasgow, Scotland. The game is set in a dystopian far-flung future in which the majority of the known universe is either owned or indir ...

'' (1993); the Scottish company

Nightfall Games Nightfall Games is a United Kingdom based role-playing game publishing company notable for publishing '' SLA Industries'' and The Terminator RPG. History Nightfall Games was founded by Dave Allsop, Anne Boylan and Jared Earle in April 1993 i ...

was founded solely to publish the game. Wizards of the Coast later bought ''SLA Industries'', but then returned it to Nightfall, who licensed it to

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 ba ...

; in 2002, Hogshead closed down and thus ''SLA Industries'' returned to Allsop. Allsop was by then the flatmate of Angus Abranson, and they decided to form a new role-playing company in 2003 called Cubicle 7 Entertainment. Allsop started work on a new release of ''SLA Industries'', but in the Fall of 2004 Allsop decided to pull out of Cubicle 7 to pursue other opportunities. In 2005, Allsop, with

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, produced ''The Book of Unremitting Horror'', a book of monsters for the d20 System, published by

Pelgrane Press Pelgrane Press Ltd is a British role-playing game publishing company based in London and founded in 1999. It is co-owned by Simon J Rogers and Cat Tobin. It currently produces GUMSHOE System RPGs, '' 13th Age'', the Diana Jones award-winning '' ...

. Allsop returned to Cubicle 7 in 2007 as the ''SLA Industries'' line editor, which started releasing new books again in 2011. He is known for his work on the '' Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game. He has also contributed art to the digital collectible card game ''

Hearthstone ''Hearthstone'' is a free-to-play online digital collectible card game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. Originally subtitled ''Heroes of Warcraft'', ''Hearthstone'' builds upon the existing lore of the ''Warcraft'' series by u ...

''. His '' Dungeons & Dragons'' work includes interior art for ''

Eberron Campaign Setting ''Eberron Campaign Setting'' is a hardcover accessory for the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Contents The ''Eberron Campaign Setting'' book introduces Eberron, and provides the core campaign setting, inc ...

'' (2004), ''Monster Manual III'' (2004), ''

Expedition to Castle Ravenloft ''Expedition to Castle Ravenloft'' is a module for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') role-playing game, released in October 2006 by Wizards of the Coast. Contents ''Expedition to Castle Ravenloft'' is a 226-page hardcover book, released ...

'' (2006), '' Cityscape'' (2006), '' Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells'' (2006), '' Fantastic Locations: City of Peril'' (2007), ''Monster Manual V'' (2007), '' An Adventurer's Guide to Eberron'' (2008), the fourth edition '' Monster Manual'' (2008), the fourth edition '' Manual of the Planes'' (2008), '' Demon Queen's Enclave'' (2008), '' Draconomicon: Metallic Dragons'' (2009), and '' Martial Power II'' (2010). Allsop was the concept artist for One Thumb Mobile, for their game ''Celtic Heroes'', from 2012 to 2015. He returned to freelance work in February 2015.

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