Dave Allsop is a Scottish game designer and artist for

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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 was founded solely to publish the game.

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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 b ...

; in 2002, Hogshead closed down and thus ''SLA Industries'' returned to Allsop. Allsop was by then the flatmate of

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, and they decided to form a new role-playing company in 2003 called

Cubicle 7 Entertainment Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd is an Irish games company that creates and publishes tabletop games. Best known for its ''Doctor Who'' and ''Lord of the Rings'' games, Cubicle 7 offers titles covering a range of licensed and self-developed propertie ...

. 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 Adrian Bott, 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 ''Magic: The Gathering'' (colloquially known as ''Magic'' or ''MTG'') is a Tabletop game, tabletop and Digital collectible card game, digital Collectible card game, collectable card game created by Richard Garfield. Released in 1993 by Wizards ...

'' collectible card game. He has also contributed art to the digital collectible card game '' Hearthstone''. His ''

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TS ...

'' 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'' (2006), ''

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'' (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 ''An Adventurer's Guide to Eberron'' is a supplement to the 3.5 edition of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game. Contents ''An Adventurer's Guide to Eberron'' is an accessory for the Eberron setting that is an illustrated 64-page visual ...

'' (2008), the fourth edition ''

Monster Manual The ''Monster Manual'' (''MM'' is the primary bestiary sourcebook for monsters in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'' fantasy role-playing game, first published in 1977 by TSR. The ''Monster Manual'' was the first hardcover D&D book and includ ...

'' (2008), the fourth edition ''

Manual of the Planes The ''Manual of the Planes'' (abbreviated MoP) is a manual for the ''Dungeons and Dragons'' role-playing game. This text addresses the planar cosmology of the game universe. The original book (for use with ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' 1st Ed ...

'' (2008), ''

Demon Queen's Enclave ''Demon Queen's Enclave'' is the second part of a three-part series of adventures belonging to the 4th edition ''Dungeons & Dragons'' concept of Points of Light, a loosely connected and open-ended setting designed to allow modules and Dungeon Ma ...

'' (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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