Angus Abranson

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Angus Abranson
NationalityBritish
OccupationGame publisher, Game designer, poet

Angus Abranson is a game designer, publisher and poet who has worked primarily on role-playing games.

Career[]

Angus Abranson started playing AD&D in 1984, and by the age of 14 he was working for - one of the top game retailers in London.[1]: 427  In the late 1980s and the early 1990s, Abranson was also writing for (1986-1987) and other British RPG magazines and was one of the forces behind the foundation of the magazine Valkyrie in 1994 and regularly reported news, reviews and editorial for Valkyrie afterward.[1]: 427 

Abranson was one of a team of London-based UK Roleplaying industry professionals, including James Wallis, Simon Rogers and others, who grouped together to resurrect the "Dragonmeet" convention in 2000.[citation needed] Abranson brought Dragonmeet outright in 2005 and subsequently merged Dragonmeet with Cubicle 7 in 2009.[citation needed]

By 2003 Abranson was the flatmate of Dave Allsop, and they decided to form a new role-playing company called Cubicle 7.[1]: 427  Their first priority was Allsop's SLA Industries, so Abranson announced a publishing schedule of five SLA Industries books for 2004, and by the start of the year he had the first two in layout.[1]: 427  Abranson and Dominic McDowall-Thomas were friends who regularly gamed and clubbed together, and he agreed to help edit the SLA Industries books for Abranson.[1]: 427  In late 2006, Abranson and McDowall-Thomas properly formed Cubicle 7 Entertainment Limited, with the two of them as partners.[1]: 427  Abranson and McDowall-Thomas handed the creation of Victoriana to and , as they remained focus on the business side of things.[1]: 428  Abranson recruited Chris Birch to write Starblazer Adventures.[1]: 428  After acquiring the Doctor Who license, Abranson and McDowall-Thomas needed investment by the end of 2008, and went to Matthew Sprange of Mongoose Publishing who introduced them to the Rebellion Group.[1]: 429  Abranson and McDowall-Thomas were then able to go full-time for the first time in March 2009, and as a result Abranson left Leisure Games.[1]: 429  Cubicle 7 began partnering with other companies, many of the over 20 companies thanks to Abranson's long-time connections within the industry.[1]: 430  Cubicle 7 also acquired a number of licenses such as Charles Stross's The Laundry Files and Lord of the Rings.[citation needed] The Cubicle 7 print partnerships were not as successful as hoped, reportedly having a "disastrous effect on the company's cashflow",[2]: 355  and in November 2011 Abranson left Cubicle 7 to form .[3] He continued the print partnership model at Chronicle City, while Cubicle 7 largely abandoned it,[2]: 356 

Abranson went on to partner with long time associate James Desborough, who was appointed creative director at Chronicle City in 2013.[4]

Whilst at Cubicle 7, Abranson, along with Fred Hicks of Evil Hat Productions, Arc Dream Publishing, , Pelgrane Press, and founded the Bits and Mortar Retailer Initiative in 2010.[citation needed]

Abranson has been a guest at a number of gaming conventions around the world, most significantly a Gen Con Industry Insider Guest in 2013,[5] Origins Game Fair Special Guest in 2011, and UK Games Expo where he was also part of the UK Games Expo Dragons Den in 2014.[6]

In 2016 Abranson was appointed business director at EN Publishing.[7]

Abranson has written, or contributed to, a number of role-playing game book and magazines, such as Hillfolk by Pelgrane Press and Cabal by Corone Design.[citation needed]

Abranson had a poetry anthology published through Winter House Press called Wild Card Symphonies in 2017.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons The 00s. Evil Hat Productions. ISBN 978-1-61317-087-8.
  3. ^ "The Angus Abranson interview: A look inside Chronicle City". www.geeknative.com. 8 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Chronicle City appoints "Grim" James Desborough". www.geeknative.com. 13 February 2013.
  5. ^ http://files.gencon.com/IIAlumniList_2002-2017.pdf
  6. ^ "Uk Games Expo Dragons Den". www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk.
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2016-10-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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