Phil Gallagher is a

game designer Game design is the art of applying design and aesthetics to create a game for entertainment or for educational, exercise, or experimental purposes. Increasingly, elements and principles of game design are also applied to other interactions, in ...

who has worked primarily on

role-playing game A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within ...

Career

Phil Gallagher worked for the UK publisher

Games Workshop Games Workshop Group (often abbreviated as GW) is a British manufacturer of miniature wargames, based in Nottingham, England. Its best-known products are ''Warhammer Age of Sigmar'' and ''Warhammer 40,000''. Founded in 1975 by John Peake (gam ...

. Games Workshop was looking for a company interested in a license to ''

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' or ''Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play'' (abbreviated to ''WFRP'' or ''WHFRP'') is a role-playing game set in the ''Warhammer Fantasy'' setting, published by Games Workshop or its licensees. The first edition of ''WFR ...

'', so James Wallis of

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 ba ...

called Gallagher and obtained the license. His ''D&D'' design work includes ''

When a Star Falls ''When a Star Falls'' is an adventure module for the first edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game published by TSR, Inc. in 1984. It was written by Graeme Morris and is intended for 6–10 player characters between levels ...

'' (1984), '' Blade of Vengeance'' (1984), '' Where Chaos Reigns'' (1985), ''

Dark Clouds Gather ''Dark Clouds Gather'' is an adventure module published in 1985 for the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Plot summary ''Dark Clouds Gather'' is an adventure which involves combat between creatures in the air, and an at ...

'' (1985), and '' Night's Dark Terror'' (1986).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gallagher, Phil Dungeons & Dragons game designers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay game designers Year of birth missing (living people)