Published Work

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2024 Games and Publications

Star Anvil Studios

  • The Secret World RPG (5e) :: [Lead Developer]
  • The Secret World: Stoneward Bound :: [Lead Developer]
  • The Secret World Power Cards :: [Lead Developer]
  • The Secret World Bestiary :: [Lead Developer]

2023 Games and Publications

Pinnacle Entertainment Group

  • Rifts: Archetype Dossiers Set 2 :: [Contributing Writer]
  • Rifts: Land of a Thousand Islands :: [Contributing Writer]
  • Rifts: Terror on the Dark Frontier :: [Contributing Writer]

Spyglass Games

  • Dead Man’s Chess :: [Lore Writer]

Star Anvil Studios

  • Knights Arcanum Jumpstart :: [Lead Developer and Writer]

2022 Games and Publications

Evil Beagle Games

  • Freedom Squadron: Field Manual (2nd Edition) :: [Contributing Writer]
  • Freedom Squadron: Secret in the Ice :: [Lead Writer]

2020 Games and Publications

Ulisses North America

  • Myth: Tales of Legend: The Lost Barrow :: [Lead Designer]
  • The World of Myth (leatherbound 2020 edition) :: Writer

Cubicle 7

  • Wrath & Glory Core Rulebook (Revised Edition) :: [Lead Designer]

Savage Worlds

  • Accursed Jumpstart :: [Lead Developer]

2019 Games and Publications

Ulisses North America

  • Wrath & Glory: Starter Set :: [Lead Developer]
  • Torg Eternity: Ruins of the Living Land :: [Writer]
    Hunters Entertainment
  • Strange Adventures: Volume One :: [Writer]

2018 Games and Publications

Ulisses North America

  • Torg Eternity: The Living Land Sourcebook :: [Lead Writer]
  • Wrath & Glory: Dark Tides :: [Lead Developer]
  • Wrath & Glory Core Rules :: [Lead Designer]
  • Wrath & Glory: Blessings Unheralded :: [Lead Developer]

Evil Beagle Games

  • 5e Adventure: A Feast of Tigers :: [Writer]
  • Freedom Squadron Digital Extras Bundle :: [Writer]

Hunters Books

  • Kids on Bikes: Deluxe Edition :: [Contributing Writer]

2017 Games and Publications

Ulisses North America

  • Torg Eternity Core Rules :: [Designer] (Ennies 2018 Best Rules nominee)
  • Torg Eternity Delphi Missions: Rising Storm :: [Contributing Writer]
  • Wrath & Glory: Revelations :: [Lead Developer, Writer]

2016 Games and publications

AEG

  • Mystic Vale (Card Game) :: [Story Text] (Origins Award Winner)
  • Lost Legacy: Werewolf (Card Game) :: [Writer]

Evil Beagle Games

  • The Grand Melee :: [Layout]
  • Here Be Dragons :: [Layout]
  • Savagely Useful: Random Magical Items :: [Layout]
  • The Void :: [Layout]

Tindalos Interactive

High Rock Press

  • Aaron Allston’s Strike Force :: [Lead Developer, Writer]
  • Denis Loubet’s Strike Force Sketchbook :: [Lead Developer, Writer]

Pinnacle Entertainment Group

  • Weird War 1 War Master’s Handbook :: [Writer]
  • Savage Worlds Rifts: The  Tomorrow Legion Player’s Handbook :: [Lead Developer, Writer]
  • Savage Worlds Rifts: Game Master’s Handbook :: [Lead Developer, Writer] (Ennies 2017 Product of the Year and Best Rules nominee)
  • Savage Worlds Rifts: The Garnet Town Gambit :: [Writer]
  • Savage Worlds Rifts: Savage Foes of North America :: [Lead Developer]
  • Savage Worlds Rifts: Tome of Destiny :: [Writer]
  • Savage Worlds Rifts: Murderthon :: [Writer]
  • Savage Worlds Rifts: Blood Menagerie :: [Writer]
  • Savage Worlds Rifts: Return to Sender :: [Writer]
  • Savage Worlds Rifts: Negotiation by Fire :: [Writer]
  • Savage Worlds Rifts: Rift Invasion :: [Writer]
  • Savage Worlds Rifts: Rite of Passage :: [Writer]

Melior Via

  • Accursed: World of Morden :: [Lead Developer]
  • Hatred’s Snare :: [Writer]
  • A Distant Dream :: [Writer]
  • Pirate’s Oath: An Accursed Novella :: [Writer]
  • Season of the Witch :: [Writer]

Sasquatch Game Studio

  • Primeval Thule (Savage Worlds Edition) :: [Developer/Rules/Additional Writing]

Clear Skys LLC

  • Roan RPG :: [Contributing Writer, Crowdfunding Consultant]

2015 Games and publications

Hammerfall Games

  • Warhammer 40,000 Regicide :: [Narrative Designer]

Wyrd Games

  • In Defense of Innocence :: [Lead Writer]

Melior Via

  • Darkest Tides :: [Designer]
  • Grove Point :: [Lead Developer]
  • Fall of the Tower :: [Writer]
  • Savage Lairs: Fantasy Forests :: [Writer]

Evil Beagle Games

  • Shaintar: One Night in Zanfar (Novella) :: [Managing Director, Publisher]
  • Shaintar: Hunt of the Midnight Dominus (Novella) :: [Managing Director, Publisher]
  • Shaintar Guidebook: Serenity :: [Managing Director, Publisher]
  • Shaintar Guidebook: Eastport :: [Managing Director, Layout, Publisher]
  • Shaintar: Legends Arise (Print Version) :: [Managing Director, Additional Layout, Publisher]
  • Shaintar: Legends Unleashed (Print Version) :: [Managing Director, Additional Layout, Publisher]

Pinnacle Entertainment Group

  • Lankhmar: City of Thieves :: [Contributing Writer]
  • Lankhmar: Savage Foes of Nehwon :: [Lead Writer]
  • Savage Tales of Horror, Volume 3 :: [Contributing Writer]

AEG

  • Lost Legacy: Second Chronicle – Vorpal Sword & Whitegold Spire (Card Game) :: [Writer]
  • Game of Crowns (Card Game) :: [Writer]

2014 Games and publications

Evil Beagle Games

  • Shaintar Guidebook: Magic & Cosmology (Volume 1) :: [Managing Director, Publisher]
  • Godstrike Tempest: Shaintar/Suzerain Crossover :: [Managing Director, Contributing Writer, Publisher]
  • Shaintar Guidebook: Goblinesh :: [Managing Director, Contributing Writer, Publisher]
  • Shaintar: Edge of Honor (Novella) :: [Managing Director, Publisher]
  • Shaintar Guidebook: Malakar Dominion :: [Managing Director, Publisher]

Mantic Games

  • Deadzone – Containment Protocols (Short Story “The Price of Loyalty”) :: [Contributing Author]

Fantasy Flight Games

  • Shield of Humanity :: [Contributing Writer]
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Celebrimbor’s Secret :: [Writer]

Melior Via

  • Ill Omens :: [Lead Developer]
  • The Banshee of Loch Finnere :: [Lead Developer]
  • Long Dead and Twice Slain :: [Lead Developer]
  • Half-Light :: [Lead Developer]
  • Absolution :: [Lead Developer]
  • Sand and Stone :: [Lead Developer]
  • Moon Valley :: [Lead Developer]
  • The Guns of Dagerov :: [Lead Developer]

Pinnacle Entertainment Group

  • The Last Parsec (adventure “The Enigma Equation”) :: [Lead Writer]

AEG

  • Empire Engine (Card Game) :: [Writer]
  • Lost Legacy: The Starship (Card Game) :: [Writer]
  • Lost Legacy: Flying Garden (Card Game) :: [Writer]

Wyrd Games

  • The Fate Master’s Almanac :: [Contributing Writer] *uncredited

2013 Games and publications

Fantasy Flight Games

  • Enemies of the Imperium :: [Contributing Writer]
  • Hammer of the Emperor :: [Contributing Writer]
  • Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook :: [Designer]
  • Relic (Board Game) :: [IP Consultant, Playtester]

Melior Via

  • Accursed :: [Creator, Lead Developer]
  • Savage Insider #9 :: [Contributing Writer]
  • The Festival at Glenelg (Novella) :: [Fiction Editor]
  • Hunted (Novella) :: [Fiction Editor]
  • Patchwork (Novella) :: [Fiction Editor]

Catalyst Game Labs

  • Shadowrun 5th Edition Core Rulebook :: [Consultant]

Ross Watson Consulting

  • The Rogue Warden Gaming Blog (82 Entries) :: (ENNie Award Nominated) [Writer]

2012 Games and publications

Vigil Games

  • Darksiders II :: (Just Push Start Game of the Year Award Winner, Spike Video Game Awards Nominated) [Narrative Designer]
  • Dark Millenium Online :: [Narrative Designer] *canceled game

Fantasy Flight Games

  • Dust Warfare Miniatures Game :: [Developer]
  • The Jericho Reach :: [Contributing Writer]
  • Rising Tempest :: [Developer]
  • The Tome of Fate :: [Contributing Writer]
  • The Lathe Worlds :: [Contributing Writer]
  • The Navis Primer :: [Contributing Writer]
  • Honour the Chapter :: [Developer] *uncredited
  • Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game :: [Playtester]
  • Descent: Journeys into the Dark 2nd edition (Board Game) :: [Playtester]

Privateer Press

  • No Quarter Presents: Urban Adventure :: [Contributing Writer]

Hero Games

  • Haymaker! #59 (“Pointless Champions”) :: [Contributing Writer]

2011 Games and publications

Fantasy Flight Games

  • Rites of Battle :: [Lead Developer]
  • The Black Sepulchre :: [Developer]
  • Battlefleet Koronus :: [Contributing Writer]
  • Heresy Begets Retribution :: [Developer]
  • Mark of the Xenos :: (ENNie Award Nominated) [Lead Developer]
  • Black Crusade Core Rulebook :: [Developer]
  • The Nemesis Incident :: [Lead Developer]
  • Daemon Hunter :: [Developer]
  • Warpstorm Trilogy Part II: Citadel of Skulls :: [Lead Developer]
  • Warpstorm Trilogy Part III: Fallen Suns :: [Lead Developer]
  • The Achilus Assault :: [Lead Developer]
  • Black Fire Pass :: [Contributing Writer]
  • The Church of the Damned :: [Developer]
  • The Book of Judgement :: [Developer]
  • First Founding :: [Lead Developer]
  • Hostile Acquisitions :: [Development]
  • Litany of War :: [Lead Developer]
  • Book of Grudges: A Guide to Dwarfs & the Everlasting Realm :: [Contributing Writer]
  • Broken Chains :: (ENNie Award Nominated) [Additional Writing, Playtester]

2010 Games and publications

Fantasy Flight Games

  • Haarlock’s Legacy Trilogy Part I: Tattered Fates :: [Lead Developer]
  • Haarlock’s Legacy Trilogy Part II: Damned Cities :: [Lead Developer]
  • Haarlock’s Legacy Part III: Dead Stars :: [Lead Developer]
  • Heed the Higher Call :: [Lead Developer]
  • Into the Storm :: [Lead Developer]
  • Deathwatch :: (Multiple Golden Geek Award Nominated) [Lead Designer]
  • Final Sanction :: [Lead Developer]
  • Oblivion’s Edge :: [Lead Developer]
  • The Emperor Protects :: [Lead Developer]
  • Deathwatch Game Master’s Kit :: [Lead Developer]
  • Edge of the Abyss :: [Lead Developer]
  • Blood of Martyrs :: [Developer]
  • Know No Fear :: [Lead Developer]
  • Lure of the Expanse :: [Lead Developer]
  • Horus Heresy (Board Game) :: [IP Consultant, Playtester]
  • Space Hulk: Death Angel – The Card Game :: [IP Consultant, Playtester]

Blackwyrm Publishing

  • Kazei 5 :: [Additional Writing]

Margaret Weis Productions

  • Smallville RPG :: [Playtester]

2009 Games and publications

Fantasy Flight Games

  • Rogue Trader :: (Multiple ENNie Award Nominated) [Lead Designer]
  • Forsaken Bounty :: [Lead Developer]
  • Dark Frontier :: [Lead Developer]
  • Rogue Trader Game Master’s Kit :: [Lead Developer]
  • The Radical’s Handbook :: [Lead Developer]
  • Secrets of the Expanse :: [Lead Developer]
  • Epoch Koronus :: [Lead Developer]
  • Salvation Demands Sacrifice :: [Lead Developer]
  • Drydock :: [Lead Developer]
  • Ascension :: [Lead Designer]
  • Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd Edition :: [Additional Design, Playtester] *uncredited
  • Chaos in the Old World :: [Playtester] *uncredited
  • Warhammer: Invasion (Card Game) :: [Fiction Author]

2008 Games and publications

Fantasy Flight Games

  • Creatures Anathema :: (Silver ENNie Award Winner) [Lead Developer]
  • Game Trade Magazine #105 (“The Burning Princess”) :: [Contributing Writer]
  • Disciples of the Dark Gods :: (ENNie Award Nominated) [Developer, Layout]
  • Edge of Darkness :: [Developer]
  • Knowledge is Power :: [Lead Developer]

2007 Games and publications

Hero Games

  • Digital Hero #41 (“How to Lead a Superhero Team”) :: [Contributing Writer]

2006 Games and publications

Games Workshop US

  • White Dwarf Magazine (various articles) :: [Contributing Writer]

Hero Games

  • Haymaker! (Various Articles) :: [Contributing Writer]

2005 Games and publications

Games Workshop US

  • White Dwarf Magazine (various articles) :: [Contributing Writer/Editor]

Hero Games

  • Digital Hero #28 (“The Assassin’s Art”) :: [Contributing Author]

2004 Games and publications

Games Workshop US

  • White Dwarf Magazine (various articles) :: [Contributing Writer/Editor]

Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro

  • Complete Divine (Dungeons & Dragons 3.5) :: [Editor]

Kenzer & Company

  • Knights of the Dinner Table Magazine #90 (“Screen Monkey no More”) :: [Contributing Writer] *erronously credited to “Ross Martin”

Hero Games

  • Digital Hero #24 (“Bully Fu”) :: [Contributing Author]

2003 Games and publications

Games Workshop US

  • Warhammer 40,000 4th edition Kill-Team miniature game (supplemental rules) :: [Designer]
  • Warhammer 6th edition miniature game (Warbands rules) :: [Playtester] *uncredited
  • White Dwarf Magazine (various articles) :: [Contributing Writer/Editor]

Fantasy Flight Games

  • Dawnforge: Crucible of Legend :: (Gold ENNie Award Winner) [Designer]
  • Sorcery & Steam :: [Designer]

Atlas Games

  • Penumbra Fantasy Bestiary :: [Contributing Writer]

Birthright.net

  • Birthright Campaign Setting Rulebook (D&D 3.0) :: [Contributing Writer]

Kenzer & Company

  • Knights of the Dinner Table Magazine #75, 78, 79, 81, 82 :: [Contributing Writer]

Hero Games

  • Digital Hero #8, 11, 15, 16 (Various Articles) :: [Contributing Author]

2002 Games and publications

Citizen Games

  • 1000 Faces: Villains & Scoundrels :: [Line Editor, Designer]
  • Sidewinder: Wild West Adventure :: [Contributing Writer] *uncredited
  • Way of the Witch :: [Line Editor]

Hero Games

  • Digital Hero #3, 4, 5 (Various Articles) :: [Contributing Author]
  • EZ Hero #12 (“Martial Arts Packages”) :: [Contributing Author]

Kenzer & Company

  • Knights of the Dinner Table Magazine #73 (“Character Plans”) :: [Contributing Writer]

2001 Games and publications

Hero Games

  • EZ Hero #6, 9 (Various Articles) :: [Contributing Author]