Open World Press is a publisher of
role-playing games, founded in 2001 by
Ed Cha
Ed Cha is an American role-playing games author.
Career
In 2004, Ed Cha co-founded Indie Press Revolution with Brennan Taylor of Galileo Games. Previously, Cha had founded Open World Press, publisher of the "World of Whitethorn" series of adve ...
, best known for its "World of Whitethorn" series of adventure settings. It is a member of
Indie Press Revolution
Indie Press Revolution (also referred to as "IPR") is a sales network that acts as a fulfillment house for publishers of indie role-playing games. It was founded in 2004 by Ed Cha of Open World Press and Brennan Taylor of Galileo Games. IPR repre ...
, a fulfillment house for publishers of
indie role-playing game
An indie role-playing game is a role-playing game published outside traditional, "mainstream" means. Varying definitions require that commercial, design, or conceptual elements of the game stay under the control of the creator, or that the gam ...
s. Open World Press was nominated as "The Most Exciting New Company to Emerge" in 2003 by GameWyrd.
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In 2005, "World of Whitethorn 1B: The Village of Oester" published by Open World Press was nominated for an
ENnie
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 ...
as "Best Adventure of the Year". In that same year, Open World Press gave permission to author William Kooiker to publish the
fantasy novel
Fantasy literature is literature set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world. Magic, the supernatural and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds. Fa ...
"Tower of Ruin" based on the characters and plotline in "World of Whitethorn 1B: The Village of Oester".
List of Products
* World of Whitethorn 1A: The Hamlet of Thumble
* World of Whitehtorn 1B: The Village of Oester
References
See also
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Indie Press Revolution
Indie Press Revolution (also referred to as "IPR") is a sales network that acts as a fulfillment house for publishers of indie role-playing games. It was founded in 2004 by Ed Cha of Open World Press and Brennan Taylor of Galileo Games. IPR repre ...
Video game publishers