Graeme Davis (game designer)

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Davis at Gen Con 2019

Graeme Davis (born 1958, in Isleworth, England) is a game designer, writer and editor. Davis has worked extensively in the roleplaying game industry.

Biography[]

Davis started playing Dungeons & Dragons in the mid-1970s, shortly after it was first imported into the United Kingdom.[1]

After leaving school he worked in the banking industry before studying for a Bachelor of Arts degree in archaeology at the University of Durham in 1979. He graduated in 1982,[2] and started work towards a Doctor of Philosophy degree.[citation needed]

His first paid writing for the game was an article in Games Workshop’s White Dwarf magazine in 1982.[1] Many others followed, for White Dwarf and other magazines such as TSR, Inc.'s Imagine.

A job offer from Games Workshop in 1986 prompted Davis to leave university with his Ph.D. unfinished.[citation needed] However, his historical and archaeological knowledge and research skills have been put into use throughout his career with several firms and as a freelancer.[3]

He was one of the original designers of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay.[4][5] Games Workshop spun Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay into a new subsidiary called Flame Publications in 1989, and Davis remained on staff at Flame.[6]

Davis wrote the Fighting Fantasy Gamebook, Midnight Rogue, in 1987.[7]

Davis published his first novel, Blood and Honor, book four in the Eberron The War-Torn series, in 2006.

Since 2009 Davis has been the line editor for Rogue Games' historical horror RPG , contributing to several titles in the line.

Published works (as primary or contributing writer)[]

  • Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 1st edition (1986) and 2nd edition (2005)
  • "Rough Night in the Three Feathers", classic WFRP 1e module published in White Dwarf 94 (1987), updated for WFRP 2e in Plundered Vaults (2005)[8]
  • Midnight Rogue, Fighting Fantasy, Puffin Books, 1987.
  • GURPS Vikings (Steve Jackson Games; 2nd ed. 2002) ISBN 978-1-55634-512-8 (+ other GURPS titles)
  • Creatures of Freeport (Green Ronin; 2004)[9]
  • Ashes of Middenheim (WFRP 2nd edition scenario), 2005.
  • Blood and Honor (Eberron novel, September 2006)
  • The Edge of Night (adventure for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, 3rd edition; Fantasy Flight Games; 2010)[10]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Graeme Davis". Archived from the original on February 24, 2009.
  2. ^ "Results of Final Examinations held in June 1982". Durham University Gazette. 27 (New series): 53. 1983. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. ^ Random Wizard. "Graeme Davis Interview". Interview. Random Wizard. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  4. ^ John Foody. "The Warpstone Interview: Graeme Davis". Warpstone. Hogshead Publishing. Archived from the original on 2007-09-15. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
  5. ^ Marcus Widmer. "Interview with Graeme Davis". Strike to Stun #2. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
  6. ^ Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  7. ^ Jonathan Green, YOU Are The Hero: A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks. Haddenham, Buckinghamshire : Snowbooks Ltd, 2014. ISBN 1909679380 (p.122)
  8. ^ Mark Pook. "Plundered Vaults (Review)". RevolutionSF. Retrieved 2007-08-29.
  9. ^ "Creatures of Freeport - RPG Review - GameWyrd". Retrieved 2008-10-22.
  10. ^ Little, Jay. "Putting the Uber in Ubersreik: A Designer Diary". Retrieved 2010-10-05.

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