Robert Hatch 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 ...

and writer who developed key

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 ...

releases for

White Wolf Publishing White Wolf Publishing was an American roleplaying game and book publisher. The company was founded in 1991 as a merger between Lion Rampant

from 1993 to 2001. He is known primarily for three games he co-created: the science fiction game ''

Trinity The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (, from 'threefold') is the central dogma concerning the nature of God in most Christian churches, which defines one God existing in three coequal, coeternal, consubstantial divine persons: God the F ...

'', the super-hero game ''

Aberrant ''Aberrant'' is a role-playing game created by White Wolf Game Studio in 1999, set in 2008 in a world where super-powered humans started appearing one day in 1998. It is the middle setting in the greater Trinity Universe timeline, chronologica ...

'' (1999), and the epic fantasy RPG ''

Exalted ''Exalted'' is a high fantasy tabletop role-playing game originally published by White Wolf Publishing in July 2001. The game is currently in its third edition. It was originally created by Robert Hatch, Justin Achilli and Stephan Wieck, and wa ...

'' (2001).

Career

Hatch began his career with White Wolf writing "splatbooks" such as '' The Book of Chantries'' (1993) for ''

Mage: The Ascension ''Mage: The Ascension'' is a role-playing game based in the World of Darkness, and was published by White Wolf Game Studio in 1993. The characters portrayed in the game are referred to as mages, and are capable of feats of magic. Magic in ''Ma ...

'' and ''Clanbook Nosferatu'' (1994) for '' Vampire: The Masquerade''. He was also a co-author of the well-received second edition of '' Werewolf: The Apocalypse'' (1994) and of the boundary-pushing '' Charnel Houses of Europe: The Shoah'' (1997) for '' Wraith: the Oblivion''. Hatch came to prominence with his major contribution to ''

Kindred of the East ''Kindred of the East'' is a tabletop role-playing game book and game line released by White Wolf Publishing in February 1998 for use with their horror game '' Vampire: The Masquerade''. It is part of the ''World of Darkness'' series, and is th ...

'' (1998), a "flatsplat" (handsome hardcover supplement) pioneering the thematic annual releases White Wolf would continue over the next few years. After collaborating in the creation of White Wolf's first science fiction RPG, ''

'', Hatch developed the near-future, superheroic ''

'', molded to fit into the "Trinity Universe" setting and published in 1999 as the next game in the ''Trinity'' universe. After contributing to '' Mummy: The Resurrection'' he began working on a completely new design with

Justin Achilli Justin Achilli is best known as an author and developer for White Wolf, Inc. Career Justin Achilli began working at White Wolf in 1995. Achilli has contributed as an author for numerous '' Vampire: The Masquerade'' and '' Vampire: The Requiem'' ti ...

and

Steve Wieck Steve Wieck (also credited as Stephan Wieck) is best known as one of the founders of the publishing company, White Wolf, Inc. He is also one of the original writers of ''Mage: The Ascension''. Wieck is a co-founder of DriveThruRPG which later merg ...

which became ''

'' (2001). Further development of this acclaimed fantasy RPG was then continued by

Geoff Grabowski Geoffrey C. Grabowski is a role-playing game designer and writer, known primarily as line developer for the 1st edition of the '' Exalted'' RPG for White Wolf games from 2001 through 2006. He was described as the "guiding force" of the first e ...

as line developer. In his final work for White Wolf, Hatch contributed to the ''

Scarred Lands Scarred Lands is a post-apocalyptic fantasy campaign setting in which characters live in a world recovering from a devastating war between gods and titans. Initially published by White Wolf Publishing under its Sword & Sorcery brand using the d20 ...

'' d20 setting under the pseudonym "Trevor Chase".

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