Nicole Lindroos
Nicole Lindroos | |
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Nationality | American |
Occupation | Game designer |
Nicole Lindroos is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.
Career[]
After twice applying to culinary school, Nicole Lindroos entered the game industry in 1989.[1] Lindroos was one of the Minnesota locals who joined Lion Rampant after the company was started.[2]: 232 Lindroos joined White Wolf Publishing when the two companies merged in 1990.[2]: 216 In 1991, Lindroos left White Wolf and returned to Minnesota, where she went to work for Atlas Games,[2]: 217 formed by John Nephew with help from other Lion Rampant alumni such as Lindroos and Darin "Woody" Eblom.[2]: 252 Later, Lindroos played a sample copy of James Wallis's Once Upon a Time at Gen Con 24; it was subsequently published by Atlas Games,[2]: 304 and remained in print with Atlas through various editions.[3] Lindroos became a freelancer, writing an adventure for Jonathan Tweet's Everway,[4] and also co-founded magazine (1995-1996), the first issue of which included adventures for games she had been involved with, including Ars Magica, Vampire: The Masquerade, and Over the Edge.[2]: 236 Lindroos and her husband Chris Pramas formed Green Ronin Publishing in 2000.[2]: 236, 370 By 2001, Pramas and Lindroos brought on the third member of the Green Ronin team, .[2]: 370 When Green Ronin was incorporated as an LLC, Pramas, Lindroos, and Mangold came on as the three partners.[2]: 373
Lindroos has volunteered on the board of directors of the Game Manufacturer's Association, the Origins Awards committee, and as the chairman of the .[1]
Lindroos lives in Seattle with her husband Chris and daughter Katherine.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Lindroos, Nicole (2007). "Amber Diceless". In Lowder, James (ed.). Hobby Games: The 100 Best. Green Ronin Publishing. pp. 5–8. ISBN 978-1-932442-96-0.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
- ^ "Boardgamegeek.com Review". Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ "Green Ronin Blog, February 17, 2017". 17 February 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
External links[]
- "Nicole Lindroos :: Pen & Paper RPG Database". Archived from the original on May 19, 2007. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
- Atlas Games people
- Living people
- Role-playing game designers