Clinton R. Nixon is a designer and publisher of indie role-playing games.

Career

He is the designer and publisher of ''

The Shadow of Yesterday ''The Shadow of Yesterday'' (or ''TSoY'') is a narrativist sword and sorcery (with optional elements of heroic fantasy) indie role-playing game, designed by Clinton R. Nixon and published by CRN Games. Notable features A large portion of the ga ...

'', ''

Donjon A keep (from the Middle English ''kype'') is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars have debated the scope of the word ''keep'', but usually consider it to refer to large towers in c ...

'',Snow, Cason (2008). "Dragons in the stacks: an introduction to role-playing games and their value to libraries", ''Collection Building'' 27 (2): 63. ''

Paladin The Paladins, also called the Twelve Peers, are twelve legendary knights, the foremost members of Charlemagne's court in the 8th century. They first appear in the medieval (12th century) ''chanson de geste'' cycle of the Matter of France, where ...

'', and others. He co-administered the

Forge A forge is a type of hearth used for heating metals, or the workplace (smithy) where such a hearth is located. The forge is used by the smith to heat a piece of metal to a temperature at which it becomes easier to shape by forging, or to th ...

with Ron Edwards, after they brought the site back in early 2001 at indie-rpgs.com, and they spent the next six years making the site successful. Nixon is a proponent of independent publishing in general and independent game publishing in particular. Nixon has worked in software development, including programming for startup companies such as Lulu and directing a team of developers for the web consulting firm Viget. He started his own web development company in 2011.

References

External links

Clinton Dreisbach's web site

Interview with Clinton R. Nixon (2005)
Indie role-playing game designers Living people Role-playing game designers Year of birth missing (living people) {{rpg-bio-stub, Nixon, Clinton R.