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Green Ronin Publishing is an American company based in
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. Founded in 2000 by Chris Pramas and Nicole Lindroos, they have published several
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–related products. They won several awards for their games including multiple
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, Pen & Paper, and Inquest Fan Awards.


History

In early 1996, Chris Pramas acquired '' The Whispering Vault'' rights from
Mike Nystul Mike Nystul (born March 22, 1966 in Chicago, Illinois) created and wrote numerous role-playing game products in the 1990s. Career Nystul got his start in the RPG industry writing ''Fantasy Hero'' books for Hero Games, and then worked for FASA a ...
and formed Ronin Publishing with his brother,
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, and their mutual friend, Neal Darcy. The company published two role playing game supplements, ''The Book of Hunts'' (1997) for ''The Whispering Vault'' and '' Blood of the Valiant'' for '' Feng Shui''. Ronin Publishing came to an end when Chris Pramas went to work for
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in 1998. Pramas founded Green Ronin Publishing with his wife Nicole Lindroos in 2000. Green Ronin published its first book in July 2000: ''
Ork! ''Ork! The Roleplaying Game'' is a role-playing game published by Green Ronin Publishing in 2000. Description In many role-playing games, the players take on the roles of heroes fighting monsters. In ''Ork! The Roleplaying Game'', the tables are ...
'' (2000), a beer and pretzels RPG about playing orks. Working at Wizards of the Coast, Pramas had inside information on the d20 license, and Green Ronin's lead d20 offering, '' Death in Freeport'' (2000) went on sale on August 10, 2000, the same day as the new third edition ''
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'' (2000) for ''D&D''. In 2001, Green Ronin expanded beyond their early Freeport adventures and went into the business of publishing sourcebooks and other gaming material. In March 2002, Pramas was laid off from Wizards of the Coast and took this as an opportunity to go full-time with Green Ronin, doubling the company's production that year. Green Ronin's first new RPG was '' Spaceship Zero'' (2002); Toren Atkinson of the rock band
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had contributed artwork to ''Ork!'' and ''Death in Freeport'' and asked Pramas to publish a game based on the band's album ''Spaceship Zero Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (2000). Green Ronin's other RPG of the year was ''
Mutants & Masterminds ''Mutants & Masterminds'' (abbreviated "M&M" or "MnM") is a superhero role-playing game written by Steve Kenson and published by Green Ronin Publishing based on a variant of the d20 System by Wizards of the Coast. The game system is designed to ...
'' (2002), created by
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who Pramas had asked to design a new d20-based superhero RPG based on his freelance work on a number of superhero RPGs. In 2003, former
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graphic designer, art director and ''
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'' RPG brand manager Hal Mangold joined as partner, and the company formally established itself as an LLC. Mangold was Green Ronin's primary graphic designer and art director on a freelance basis since soon after the company's founding, doing the layout and design for the majority of the company's print output. (''
Ork! ''Ork! The Roleplaying Game'' is a role-playing game published by Green Ronin Publishing in 2000. Description In many role-playing games, the players take on the roles of heroes fighting monsters. In ''Ork! The Roleplaying Game'', the tables are ...
'', laid out by Nicole Lindroos, and the ''
Mutants & Masterminds ''Mutants & Masterminds'' (abbreviated "M&M" or "MnM") is a superhero role-playing game written by Steve Kenson and published by Green Ronin Publishing based on a variant of the d20 System by Wizards of the Coast. The game system is designed to ...
'' game line, handled by the Super Unicorn design studio, were notable exceptions.) On May 12, 2010, Green Ronin Publishing announced a third edition of the superhero role-playing game ''Mutants & Masterminds'' would debut in the fall. This announcement came just nine days after the publisher announced that it would debut a new ''DC Adventures'' game in August, based upon ''Mutants & Masterminds''. According to Green Ronin President Chris Pramas, the two new games will "share a common ruleset." In 2013, Green Ronin Publishing used crowdfunding platform
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to redesign and enlarge the Freeport campaign setting for the ''
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''.


Games and products

Green Ronin wrote the second edition of ''
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'', which was published by
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. Other notable products include ''Freeport: The City of Adventure'', "Green Ronin’s signature city setting" and "home to thousands of RPG campaigns since its launch in 2000", ''
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'', and ''
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'' d20 settings, ''
Mutants & Masterminds ''Mutants & Masterminds'' (abbreviated "M&M" or "MnM") is a superhero role-playing game written by Steve Kenson and published by Green Ronin Publishing based on a variant of the d20 System by Wizards of the Coast. The game system is designed to ...
'', ''
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'', and ''
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''. Licensed products include the ''
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'' roleplaying game, and ''
DC Adventures ''DC Adventures'' is a superhero role-playing game published by Green Ronin Publishing in 2010 that is set in the DC Comics superhero universe. It uses the same game system as Green Ronin's third edition of ''Mutants & Masterminds''. Descripti ...
'', a licensed roleplaying game based on the characters and setting found in ''
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''. The ''Spirosblaak'' (2005) setting from Green Ronin's ''Mythic Vistas'' series was supported by
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Reception

Green Ronin Publishing won the 2003 Silver ENnies">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 ...
for "Best Publisher", and again in 2004, and the Gold for "Best Publisher" and Silver for "Fan's Choice for Best Publisher" in 2005, and Gold for "Fan's Choice for Best Publisher" in 2006.


References

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External links

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