Jared A. Sorensen is an

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designer whose works include ''

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'', '' octaNe'', and ''Lacuna Part I.''

Career

Jared Sorensen was a member of the website The Forge, and later became an indie publisher. Sorensen designed the ''Schism'' mini-supplement for '' Sorcerer'' which was published as a PDF by

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in 2001. Sorensen designed humorous role-playing game about ghost-busting, ''

'' (2002). The award for Most Innovative Game at the

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went to ''Lacuna'' (2006) by Sorensen. His ''

Memento Mori Theatricks Memento Mori Theatricks is an American game company that produces role-playing games and game supplements. History Jared Sorensen first expanded his ideas for a LARP into his first public rule set, the ''Memento Mori Theatricks'' (1996) LARP for ...

'' site has been the host to over a dozen little games. He was also the co-founder of Wicked Dead Brewing Company with

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. From 1997 to 2007, Jared worked for a number of computer game companies in San Francisco and the Greater Boston Area, including PF. Magic, Mattel Interactive, LucasArts, Tilted Mill Entertainment and Turbine. In September 2007, Jared was hired as a Senior Game Design at Hidden City Games. In 2010 he published ''FreeMarket,'' co-designed with Luke Crane and licensed through Hidden City Games. A year before, in 2009, he published the first of live-action text adventure game Parsely series, ''Action Castle''. It was followed by seven additional games. He worked at Plyfe as the VP of Games. Jared Sorensen is also listed on the development team of 2012's '' Torchbearer'' (by Thor Olavsrud and Luke Crane, published by Burning Wheel). During Cambridge Science Week in April 2016, Sorensen hosted a large-scale game o
''Space Station''
at the

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. 200 players explored the confines of a doomed space station undergoing bombardment by malevolent aliens. The game featured ambient sound and 360° graphics projected onto the planetarium dome.

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Memento Mori TheatricksHidden City GamesParselyTorchbearer
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