Petter Nallo (born 1977) is a Swedish game designer and screenwriter who is best known for his work on the role-playing games ''

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'' and '' KULT: Divinity Lost'', and for co-founding the Swedish games company Helmgast.

Early life

Petter Nallo grew up in northern Sweden, and started playing both the American

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(RPG) ''

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'' as well as Swedish RPGs ''

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'', ''KULT'', and ''Eon''. He eventually started to write magazine articles about ''Eon'' for the Swedish games magazine ''Codex''.

Career

In 2000, as a freelancer, Nallo contributed to the second edition of ''Eon'' being produced by the game's publisher,

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. He also contributed to several ''Eon'' supplements including 2001's ''Legender & Hemligheter'' (''Legends & Secrets''). In 2002, Nallo moved to

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to join the staff of Neogames, first as an intern, and then as a full-time writer. He was Creative Director of the team that produced a third edition of ''Eon'' in 2004, and also worked on a number of ''Eon'' supplements. In 2006, Nallo, Marco Behrmann, and Jonas Karlsson created a new

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Swedish RPG, ''Noir''. The Swedish games magazine ''Fenix'' called it ""the most innovative Swedish role-playing game in 10 years", and the magazine's readers voted it the best RPG of the year. In 2008, Nallo joined Jungle Peak Studios, where he and Edward Anton wrote scripts for the Swedish television series ''Azaya''. About this time, Nallo, Anton Wahnström, Jonatan Gertler and Niklas Fröjd decided to create a 4th edition of ''Neo''. They wanted to produce the new edition themselves, so acquired the license and co-founded the company Helmgast. The new edition was published in 2014. Nallo also wanted Helmgast to produce a 4th edition of the popular Swedish-language RPG ''KULT'' that he had played in high school, but the license owner,

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, insisted the new edition had to be produced in English. With Nallo as Creative Director, Helmgast published ''KULT: Divinity Lost'' in 2018. At the 2019 ENnie Awards, ''KULT: Divinity Lost'' won Silver Awards for "Best Writing" and "Best Cover Art", and was a finalist for "Best Interior Art".

Works

''Eon'' RPG

2nd edition (Neogames)

*''Eon'', 2nd edition, with Marco Behrmann, Dan Johansson, Carl Johan Ström, and Krister Sundelin *''Vandöda & nekromanti'' (''Undead & necromancy'') with Carl Johan Ström (2002) *''Encyklopedia Mundana'' with Carl Johan Ström and Anton Wahnström (2003) *''Fjärran riken'' (''Distant realms'') with Carl Johan Ström (2003) *''Sjöfarare & Pirater'' (''Sailors & Pirates''), with Carl Johan Ström (2003) *''Atlas'', with Marco Behrmann, Carl Johan Ström, Krister Sundelin, and Anton Wahnström (2003)

3rd edition (Neogames)

*''Eon'', 3rd edition, with Marco Behrmann, Dan Johansson, Carl Johan Ström, and Krister Sundelin (2004) *''Thalamur'' with Carl Johan Ström and Kim Vässmar (2006) *''Misslor'' with Krister Sundelin and Kim Vässmar (2008) *''Alver: Sångarens ätt'' (''Elves: The singer's family''), with Sebastian Andersson and Krister Sundelin (2009)

4th edition (Helmgast)

*''Eon'', 4th edition, with Niklas Fröjd, and Anton Wahnström (2014)

''Noir'' RPG

*''Noir'' with Marco Behrmann (2008)

''KULT'' RPG

*''KULT: Divinity Lost'', 4th edition, (as Creative Director, 2018) *''Oakwood Heights'' with Robin Liljenberg (2017)

''Hjältarnas tid'' RPG (''The time of heroes'')

*''Sagor från trollskogen'' (''Tales from the Trollwood'', 2017)

Television series

*''Azaya'' with Edward Anton (2008)

References

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