Robin D. Laws (born October 14, 1964 in
Orillia
Orillia is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is in Simcoe County between Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe. Although it is geographically located within Simcoe County, the city is a single-tier municipality. It is part of the Huronia region of Cent ...
,
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
, Canada) is a Canadian writer and game designer who lives in
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...
, Canada. He is the author of a number of novels and
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 ...
s as well as an
anthologist
In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs or excerpts by different authors.
In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically catego ...
.
Career
Robin D. Laws has been a professional game designer and an author since the early 1990s.
Game designer
Robin D. Laws has been playing role-playing games since he was a teenager and has worked as a game designer since the early 1990s.
John Nephew
John A. Nephew is an American game designer, who has worked primarily on role-playing games.
Career
John Nephew began freelancing for TSR as a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' author in 1986 while he was still in high school, first writing material for ...
of
Atlas Games
Atlas Games is a company which publishes role-playing games, board games and card games. Its founder and current president is John Nephew.
History
When Atlas Games did not have the finances to publish '' On the Edge'' (1994), they partnered with J ...
convinced
Jonathan Tweet
Jonathan Tweet (born 1965) is an American game designer who has been involved in the development of the role-playing games ''Ars Magica'', ''Everway'', ''Over the Edge (game), Over the Edge'', ''Talislanta'', the third edition of ''Dungeons & Dra ...
to publish a game he had been writing about in ''
Alarums & Excursions
''Alarums and Excursions'' (''A&E'') is an amateur press association (APA) started in June 1975 by Lee Gold; publication continues to the present day. It was one of the first publications to focus solely on role-playing games. History
In 1964, B ...
''; Laws talked with Tweet about the game in ''A&E'' and contributed to the final product as well, the result of which was ''
Over the Edge'' (1992).
Daedalus Games Daedalus Entertainment was a Canadian game company that produced role-playing games and game supplements.
History
Daedalus Games began when Robin Laws approached Jose Garcia in 1993 with an idea for a Hong Kong Action Cinema RPG; Garcia liked the ...
began when Laws approached
Jose Garcia in 1993 with an idea for a Hong Kong Action Cinema RPG; while Garcia liked the idea, his first priority was his own setting, ''
Nexus: The Infinite City'' which was published in 1994 with Garcia as the main designer and developer, and Laws,
Bruce Baugh
The English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix, Manche in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of king Robert the Bruce (1274−1329), it has been ...
, and
Rob Heinsoo
Rob or ROB may refer to:
Places
* Rob, Velike Lašče, a settlement in Slovenia
* Roberts International Airport (IATA code ROB), in Monrovia, Liberia
People
* Rob (given name), a given name or nickname, e.g., for Robert(o), Robin/Robyn
* Rob ( ...
as additional authors.
Daedalus Games was incorporated as
Daedalus Entertainment Daedalus Entertainment was a Canadian game company that produced role-playing games and game supplements.
History
Daedalus Games began when Robin Laws approached Jose Garcia in 1993 with an idea for a Hong Kong Action Cinema RPG; Garcia liked the ...
in preparation for publishing in the Hong Kong action setting Laws had designed, but beginning with a collectible-card game to take advantage of that then-booming market.;
Laws therefore designed the collectible card game ''
Shadowfist
''Shadowfist'' was created by Robin Laws and Jose Garcia. It was released in June 1995 as a collectible card game (CCG), but was shifted to a fixed distribution of cards as of 2013. It shares the same background as the ''Feng Shui'' role-pla ...
'' (1995).
Daedalus Entertainment subsequently published Laws' role-playing game ''
Feng Shui'' (1996), which used a variant of the ''Nexus'' game system, and began to publish supplements.
However, Daedalus filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1997; when the company sold off a few of its properties a few years later, Laws re-acquired "Feng Shui".
Nephew told Laws that he would be happy to bring ''Feng Shui'' back into print, so when Laws was able to free up the rights he brought it to Atlas Games, in a deal announced on March 22, 1999.
Meanwhile, Laws was active throughout the 1990s as a freelance writer for games including ''
GURPS
The ''Generic Universal RolePlaying System'', or ''GURPS'', is a tabletop role-playing game system designed to allow for play in any game setting. It was created by Steve Jackson Games and first published in 1986 at a time when most such systems w ...
'', ''
Underground
Underground most commonly refers to:
* Subterranea (geography), the regions beneath the surface of the Earth
Underground may also refer to:
Places
* The Underground (Boston), a music club in the Allston neighborhood of Boston
* The Underground (S ...
'', ''
Talislanta
''Talislanta'' is a fantasy role-playing game written by Stephen Michael Sechi and published by Bard Games in 1987. There have been six different English-language editions and several foreign language editions published. All English-language pr ...
'', ''
Earthdawn
''Earthdawn'' is a fantasy role-playing game, originally produced by FASA in 1993. In 1999 it was licensed to Living Room Games, which produced the ''Second Edition''. It was licensed to RedBrick in 2003, who released the Classic Edition in 200 ...
'', and ''
Vampire: The Dark Ages'', and later for supplements to the third edition of ''
Dungeons & Dragons
''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical Studies Rules ...
''. In 1998,
Greg Stafford
Francis Gregory Stafford (February 9, 1948 – October 10, 2018), usually known as Greg Stafford, was an American game designer, publisher, and practitioner of shamanism.
Stafford is most famous as the creator of the fantasy world of Glorantha ...
approached Laws to create a new game based on his world of
Glorantha
Glorantha is a fantasy world created by Greg Stafford. It was first introduced in the board game '' White Bear and Red Moon'' (1975) by Chaosium and then in a number of other board, roleplaying and computer games, including ''RuneQuest'' and ''He ...
, which became known as ''
Hero Wars'', published in 2000 as the first fully professional product for
Issaries, and later expanded and re-published in 2003 as ''
HeroQuest
''HeroQuest'', sometimes written as ''Hero Quest'', is an adventure board game created by Milton Bradley in conjunction with the British company Games Workshop. The game was loosely based around archetypes of fantasy role-playing games: the ...
''.
A second edition was published in 2009;
Laws was then able to provide additional scaffolding for players to construct setting-appropriate narratives with the rules provided. At the same time, Laws was engaged in some more experimental RPG design.
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 ...
published his ''
Pantheon and Other Roleplaying Games'' (2000) as one of the company's "New Style" RPGs,
while Atlas Games contracted Laws to write the ''
Rune
Runes are the letter (alphabet), letters in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets native to the Germanic peoples. Runes were used to write various Germanic languages (with some exceptions) before they adopted the Latin alphabet, a ...
'' (2001) role-playing game, based on the computer game ''
Rune
Runes are the letter (alphabet), letters in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets native to the Germanic peoples. Runes were used to write various Germanic languages (with some exceptions) before they adopted the Latin alphabet, a ...
''.
Laws determined that for ''Rune'', "the game would need to have a big point of difference to distinguish it from the many other fantasy games available"; in this case, the game would allow players to swap roles with the Game Master (GM): "You can win! And when you're not the GM, it's not boring because the GM can win!"
Pelgrane Press
Pelgrane Press Ltd is a British role-playing game publishing company based in London and founded in 1999. It is co-owned by Simon J Rogers and Cat Tobin. It currently produces GUMSHOE System RPGs, '' 13th Age'', the Diana Jones award-winning '' ...
revealed on January 20, 2000 that Laws would be the core author of their upcoming roleplaying game based on the
Jack Vance
John Holbrook Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013) was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. Though most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance, he also wrote several mystery novels under pen names.
...
stories in the
Dying Earth
''Dying Earth'' is a fantasy series by the American author Jack Vance, comprising four books originally published from 1950 to 1984.
Some have been called picaresque. They vary from short story collections to a fix-up (novel created from older ...
setting.
Laws was the senior designer for ''
The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game
''The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game'' is a tabletop role-playing game published by Pelgrane Press in 2001.
Description
''The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game'' is an adaptation of Jack Vance's ''Dying Earth'' novel series. The game situates players i ...
''.
As Pelgrane Press expanded, they launched the
GUMSHOE system
The Gumshoe System (stylised as ''The GUMSHOE System'') is a role-playing game system created in 2007 by Robin Laws, designed for running investigative scenarios. The premise is that investigative games are not about finding clues, they are abou ...
, designed by Laws based on the claim that investigative gaming had been introduced to RPGs under the mistaken assumption that acquiring clues should be treated as a contingent reward; the new system ensured that players would learn the clues needed in order to proceed with their investigations. Laws' ''
The Esoterrorists
''The Esoterrorists'' is a Contemporary Occult tabletop role-playing game, written by Robin D. Laws, and published by Pelgrane Press in 2006.
Description
''The Esoterrorists'' is one of the games to use the GUMSHOE System. As elite investigator ...
'' (2006) was the first release with this system, supported by his sourcebook ''The Esoterror Factbook'' (2006); the next year, Pelgrane released Laws' ''
Fear Itself'' (2007).
Laws has also contributed supplements to
Ken Hite
Kenneth Hite (born September 15, 1965) is a writer and role-playing game designer. Hite is the author of Trail of Cthulhu and Night's Black Agents role-playing games, and lead designer of the 5th edition of ''Vampire: the Masquerade''.
Education ...
's ''
Trail of Cthulhu
''Trail of Cthulhu'' is an investigative horror role-playing game published by Pelgrane Press in 2008 in which the players' characters investigate mysterious events related to the Cthulhu Mythos. The game is a licensed product based on the hor ...
'' line,
notably the randomized ''Armitage Files'' resource and the ''Dreamhounds of Paris'' campaign frame, in which players take on the roles of actual surrealist artists as they confront horror in the Dreamlands. Laws also designed ''
Mutant City Blues
''Mutant City Blues'' is a role-playing game published by Pelgrane Press in 2009.
Description
''Mutant City Blues'' is one of the games to use the GUMSHOE System. In a world where 1% of the population has gained mutant powers, police procedure h ...
'' (2009) and ''
Ashen Stars
''Ashen Stars'' is a gritty space opera role-playing game by Robin Laws, published by Pelgrane Press in 2011. It uses the GUMSHOE rules system. The characters are freelance interplanetary law enforcement and general troubleshooters, working in t ...
'' (2011) as investigative games in the
superhero
A superhero or superheroine is a stock character that typically possesses ''superpowers'', abilities beyond those of ordinary people, and fits the role of the hero, typically using his or her powers to help the world become a better place, ...
and
space opera
Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes space warfare, with use of melodramatic, risk-taking space adventures, relationships, and chivalric romance. Set mainly or entirely in outer space, it features technological and soci ...
genres.
His RPG ''
Skulduggery
Skullduggery or Skulduggery may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Skullduggery'' (1970 film), an American adventure film starring Burt Reynolds
* ''Skullduggery'' (1983 film), a Canadian horror film
* Skullduggery (''Kinnikuman''), or Kinkotsum ...
'' (2010) extrapolated the treatment of conflict, especially interpersonal conflict, from the ''Dying Earth'' setting to a variety of other contexts, and the ''
Gaean Reach
The Gaean Reach is a fictional region in space that is a setting for some science fiction by Jack Vance. All of his series and standalone works that are set in a universe evidently including the Gaean Reach, perhaps set inside it or outside it, ha ...
'' RPG (2012) cross-fertilized ''Dying Earth'' and GUMSHOE rules in Vance's sci-fi setting.
In 2012, Laws also ran a
Kickstarter
Kickstarter is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of July 2021, ...
for his game ''
Hillfolk
''Hillfolk'' is a tabletop role-playing game designed by Robin Laws and published by Pelgrane Press. It was initially launched via Kickstarter in 2012, with the funding being sufficiently successful that a second book called "Blood on the Snow", ...
'', featuring his new Dramasystem. The goal was $3,000, but raised over $93,000, and it went on to win the 2014
Diana Jones Award
The Diana Jones Award is an annual award for "excellence in Role-playing game, gaming". The original award was made from a burned book encased in lucite. The award is unusual in two ways: first, it is not an award for a specific class of thing, b ...
. After another successful Kickstarter by Atlas Games, Laws released a second edition of ''Feng Shui'' twenty years after its original release, removing obstructive rules and marking a "critical shift" in the game's background. Laws has since published the specialized ''
Cthulhu Confidential
Cthulhu is a fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was first introduced in his short story "The Call of Cthulhu", published by the American pulp magazine ''Weird Tales'' in 1928. Considered a Great Old One within the pan ...
'' (2017), offering a modified GUMSHOE system for roleplaying with one player and the GM, and the ''
Yellow King RPG'' inspired by
Robert W. Chambers
Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories titled '' The King in Yellow'', published in 1895.
Life
Chambers was born in Brooklyn, New York, t ...
(2020), also for Pelgrane Press.
Author
Robin D. Laws published his first novel ''Pierced Heart'' in 1996, set in the world of ''Over the Edge''; it was released as an e-book in 2014. His subsequent novels included the original ''The Rough and the Smooth'' as well as novels set in the game settings of ''
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 ...
'', ''
City of Heroes
''City of Heroes'' (''CoH'') was a massively multiplayer online role-playing game which was developed by Cryptic Studios and published by NCSOFT. The game was launched in North America on April 28, 2004, and in Europe by NCsoft Europe on Febru ...
'' and ''
Pathfinder
Pathfinder may refer to:
Businesses
* Pathfinder Energy Services, a division of Smith International
* Pathfinder Press, a publisher of socialist literature
Computing and information science
* Path Finder, a Macintosh file browser
* Pathfinder (w ...
''. Laws also had stories published in Synister Creative's pulp magazine, and in the fiction anthology ''The Book of All Flesh'' for the ''
All Flesh Must Be Eaten
''All Flesh Must Be Eaten'' or ''AFMBE'' is an Origins Award nominated
survival horror role-playing game (RPG) produced by Eden Studios, Inc. using the ''Unisystem'' game system.
''AFMBE'' is derived from the traditional horror movie depictions o ...
'' RPG: "The first is a light-hearted adventure, and the other is really, really dark".
Laws wrote ''Robin's Laws of Good Game Mastering'' (2002) for
Steve Jackson Games
Steve Jackson Games (SJGames) is a game company, founded in 1980 by Steve Jackson, that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games, and (until 2019) the gaming magazine ''Pyramid''.
History
Founded in 1980, six years after the cr ...
and edited ''40 Years of Gen Con'' (2007), a collection of interviews and photographs, published by Atlas.
Laws also wrote ''Hamlet's Hit Points'' (2010), published by small press company Gameplaywright,
and is currently working on a second volume, applying the same approach to narrative structure with a focus on fiction and screenplay writing. Laws is also the editor of the Stone Skin Press fiction imprint from Pelgrane Press.
In other media, he contributed to the ''
King of Dragon Pass
''King of Dragon Pass'' is a 1999 strategy simulation fantasy video game published by A Sharp. Set in the fictional world of Glorantha, the player controls the fate of a barbarian clan settling in the dangerous frontier region of Dragon Pass.
...
'' and ''Six Ages'' computer games and wrote for Marvel's ''
Iron Man
Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. The charact ...
'' with
Mike Grell
Mike Grell (born September 13, 1947) is an American comic book writer and artist, known for his work on books such as '' Green Lantern/Green Arrow'', '' The Warlord'', and '' Jon Sable Freelance''.
Early life
Grell studied at the University of W ...
in 2003. He writes an irregular advice column for role-players called ''See Page XX'', and releases a weekly podcast with Ken Hite for Pelgrane Press, ''Ken and Robin talk about stuff''.
Conventions
Robin Laws is frequently invited to be a guest speaker at
conventions
Convention may refer to:
* Convention (norm), a custom or tradition, a standard of presentation or conduct
** Treaty, an agreement in international law
* Convention (meeting), meeting of a (usually large) group of individuals and/or companies in a ...
around the world, having made appearances at
Gen Con Australia and
Ropecon
Ropecon () is a role-playing convention held annually in Finland. The convention is one of the largest non-commercial annual events of its kind, having reached a record of "over 5900" attendees in 2022. The current venue is the Messukeskus Helsi ...
in Finland.
Laws attends
Gen Con
Gen Con is the largest tabletop game convention in North America by both attendance and number of events. It features traditional pen-and-paper, board, and card games, including role-playing games, miniatures wargames, live action role-playing ...
Indy and the
Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a permane ...
every year. He has stated that he often cannot attend
Fan Expo Canada
Fan Expo Canada is an annual speculative fiction fan convention held in Toronto, Ontario. It was founded as the Canadian National Comic Book Expo in 1995[Pelgrane Press
Pelgrane Press Ltd is a British role-playing game publishing company based in London and founded in 1999. It is co-owned by Simon J Rogers and Cat Tobin. It currently produces GUMSHOE System RPGs, '' 13th Age'', the Diana Jones award-winning '' ...](_blank)
.
Works
A partial list of works by Robin D Laws:
Role-playing games and related supplements
For ''
13th Age'':
* ''13 True Ways''
''
Ashen Stars
''Ashen Stars'' is a gritty space opera role-playing game by Robin Laws, published by Pelgrane Press in 2011. It uses the GUMSHOE rules system. The characters are freelance interplanetary law enforcement and general troubleshooters, working in t ...
''
''
Cthulhu Confidential
Cthulhu is a fictional cosmic entity created by writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was first introduced in his short story "The Call of Cthulhu", published by the American pulp magazine ''Weird Tales'' in 1928. Considered a Great Old One within the pan ...
''
For ''
Deadlands: Hell on Earth''
* ''Monsters, Muties and Misfits'' (''et al.'')
For ''
Dungeons and Dragons
''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TSR). ...
'':
* ''
Dungeon Master's Guide II'' (''et al.'')
* ''Seven Strongholds'' (
Atlas Games
Atlas Games is a company which publishes role-playing games, board games and card games. Its founder and current president is John Nephew.
History
When Atlas Games did not have the finances to publish '' On the Edge'' (1994), they partnered with J ...
Penumbra)
For the ''
Earthdawn
''Earthdawn'' is a fantasy role-playing game, originally produced by FASA in 1993. In 1999 it was licensed to Living Room Games, which produced the ''Second Edition''. It was licensed to RedBrick in 2003, who released the Classic Edition in 200 ...
'' RPG:
* ''Throal: The Dwarf Kingdom''
* ''Infected''
* ''Horrors''
* ''Denizens of Earthdawn (Volume 2)''
* ''The Theran Empire''
* ''Parlainth Adventures'' (''et al.'')
''
The Esoterrorists
''The Esoterrorists'' is a Contemporary Occult tabletop role-playing game, written by Robin D. Laws, and published by Pelgrane Press in 2006.
Description
''The Esoterrorists'' is one of the games to use the GUMSHOE System. As elite investigator ...
''
* ''The Esoterror Factbook''
''
Fear Itself''
''
Feng Shui: Action Movie Roleplaying''
* ''Four Bastards''
* ''Burning Shaolin''
For the ''
Firefly Role-Playing Game
The ''Firefly Role-Playing Game'' is a science fiction role-playing game released in 2014, written by Monica Valentinelli and set in the universe of the Joss Whedon television show ''Firefly''. It was produced by Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd ...
'':
* ''
Ghosts In the Black''
''
Gaean Reach
The Gaean Reach is a fictional region in space that is a setting for some science fiction by Jack Vance. All of his series and standalone works that are set in a universe evidently including the Gaean Reach, perhaps set inside it or outside it, ha ...
'' RPG
For ''
Greg Stafford
Francis Gregory Stafford (February 9, 1948 – October 10, 2018), usually known as Greg Stafford, was an American game designer, publisher, and practitioner of shamanism.
Stafford is most famous as the creator of the fantasy world of Glorantha ...
's'' ''
Glorantha
Glorantha is a fantasy world created by Greg Stafford. It was first introduced in the board game '' White Bear and Red Moon'' (1975) by Chaosium and then in a number of other board, roleplaying and computer games, including ''RuneQuest'' and ''He ...
'' setting
* ''
Glorantha: the Second Age'' and associated supplements
* ''
HeroQuest
''HeroQuest'', sometimes written as ''Hero Quest'', is an adventure board game created by Milton Bradley in conjunction with the British company Games Workshop. The game was loosely based around archetypes of fantasy role-playing games: the ...
'' first and second editions
* ''
Hero Wars''
and associated supplements
For ''
GURPS
The ''Generic Universal RolePlaying System'', or ''GURPS'', is a tabletop role-playing game system designed to allow for play in any game setting. It was created by Steve Jackson Games and first published in 1986 at a time when most such systems w ...
'':
* ''
Fantasy 2: Adventures in the Mad Lands''
''
Hillfolk
''Hillfolk'' is a tabletop role-playing game designed by Robin Laws and published by Pelgrane Press. It was initially launched via Kickstarter in 2012, with the funding being sufficiently successful that a second book called "Blood on the Snow", ...
''
''
Jack Vance's The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game''
* ''Kaiin Player's Guide''
* ''Turjan's Tome of Beauty and Horror'' (with Ian Thompson)
* ''Cugel's Compendium of Indispensable Advantages'' (''et al.'')
* ''The Excellent Prismatic Spray 2-5'' (''et al.'')
''
Mutant City Blues
''Mutant City Blues'' is a role-playing game published by Pelgrane Press in 2009.
Description
''Mutant City Blues'' is one of the games to use the GUMSHOE System. In a world where 1% of the population has gained mutant powers, police procedure h ...
''
* ''Hard Helix''
''
Nexus: The Infinite City'' (''et al.'')
''OG: Unearthed Edition''
For ''
Over the Edge'':
* ''Unauthorized Broadcast''
* ''Weather the Cuckoo Likes''
* ''Wildest Dreams''
* ''Over the Edge, 2nd Edition'' (with
Jonathan Tweet
Jonathan Tweet (born 1965) is an American game designer who has been involved in the development of the role-playing games ''Ars Magica'', ''Everway'', ''Over the Edge (game), Over the Edge'', ''Talislanta'', the third edition of ''Dungeons & Dra ...
)
''
Pandemonium!: Adventures in Tabloid World'' (Contributor)
* ''Stranger Than Truth: Further Adventures in Tabloid World'' (Contributor)
''
Pantheon and Other Roleplaying Games''
''Robin's Laws of Good Game Mastering'' ()
''
Rune
Runes are the letter (alphabet), letters in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets native to the Germanic peoples. Runes were used to write various Germanic languages (with some exceptions) before they adopted the Latin alphabet, a ...
''
''
Shadowfist Players' Guide (Volume 1)'' (with
Rob Heinsoo
Rob or ROB may refer to:
Places
* Rob, Velike Lašče, a settlement in Slovenia
* Roberts International Airport (IATA code ROB), in Monrovia, Liberia
People
* Rob (given name), a given name or nickname, e.g., for Robert(o), Robin/Robyn
* Rob ( ...
)
''Star Trek RPG'' (''et al.'')
''
Star Trek: The Next Generation RPG'' (''et al.'')
* ''Raiders, Renegades, & Rogues'' (''et al.'')
For ''
Talislanta
''Talislanta'' is a fantasy role-playing game written by Stephen Michael Sechi and published by Bard Games in 1987. There have been six different English-language editions and several foreign language editions published. All English-language pr ...
'':
* ''Sub-men Rising''
For ''
Trail of Cthulhu
''Trail of Cthulhu'' is an investigative horror role-playing game published by Pelgrane Press in 2008 in which the players' characters investigate mysterious events related to the Cthulhu Mythos. The game is a licensed product based on the hor ...
''
* ''The Armitage Files''
* ''Out of Space'' Scenario: ''Repairer of Reputations''
* ''Stunning Eldritch Tales''
* ''
Dreamhounds of Paris''
For the ''
Underground RPG'':
* ''Ways and Means''
For ''
Vampire: The Dark Ages'':
* ''House of Tremere''
For ''
Vampire: the Masquerade'':
* ''Blood Magic: Secrets of Thaumaturgy''
For ''
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 ...
''
* ''Heart of Chaos (Doomstones Campaign Volume 3)''
Novels
* ''Pierced Heart''
* ''The Rough and the Smooth''
* ''Honour of the Grave''
* ''Sacred Flesh''
* ''Liar's Peak''
* ''Freedom Phalanx''
* Pathfinder Tales: ''The Worldwound Gambit''
* Pathfinder Tales: ''Blood of the City''
* ''The Missing and the Lost''
References
External links
Robin Laws' Blogspot journal*
''See Page XX'' RPG advice columnRPGnet Index EntryInterview on Flames Rising (March 2011)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Laws, Robin
1964 births
Atlas Games people
Canadian game designers
Canadian podcasters
Chaosium game designers
Dungeons & Dragons game designers
GURPS writers
Living people
People from Orillia
Role-playing game designers
Role-playing game writers
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay game designers
White Wolf game designers