Mike Mason | |
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| Born | Michael Mason |
| Occupation | Game designer |
Mike Mason is a British game designer, game developer and writer, and also the creative director for the Call of Cthulhu (roleplaying game) at Chaosium.
Biography
editMason lives in the village of Gotham, near Nottingham, England.[1]
Work
editMason edited and published the Call of Cthulhu fanzine The Whisperer in the early 2000s.[2][3] Mason founded and ran a group of adventure authors called the Kult of Keepers, which also organized the Cthulhu Nationals Tournament in the UK.[2][3]
Games Workshop
editMason worked on the Warhammer 40,000 role-playing game 'Dark Heresy at Games Workshop.[2] Mason was the line director for Dark Heresy.[3] Mike worked for Games Workshop as Black Industries Line Manager for the Ennie Award winning Warhammer 40,000 RPG Dark Heresy (role-playing game) before the line moved to Fantasy Flight Games. Mike co-wrote Dark Heresy, the Warhammer 40K tabletop RPG for Games Workshop.
Mike Mason and Paul Fricker wrote Cthulhu Britannica for Cubicle 7 (2009).[4]
Chaosium
editMason joined Chaosium in 2013.[2] Mike Mason and Paul Fricker began working on the seventh edition of Call of Cthulhu in 2012, and made use of ideas from indie role-playing games.[5] Mason co-wrote the Call of Cthulhu seventh edition Keeper's Rulebook.[2] Mason became the line editor for Call of Cthulhu at Chaosium.[2] Mason was the co-writer for Pulp Cthutlhu.[3][2] Mason became the Creative Director of Call of Cthulhu.[6] Mason also worked on the "Simulacrum Unbound" chapter for the revised Horror on the Orient Express and wrote new scenarios for the revision.[2][7] Mason worked on supplements such as Alone Against The Flames, Nameless Horrors and Doors to Darkness.[2]
Paul Fricker, Lynne Hardy and Mike Mason were credited with the system development on the Rivers of London role-playing game.[8]
As creative director for the Call of Cthulhu tabletop roleplaying game Mike designed and wrote for the Call of Cthulhu 7th edition rules, Pulp Cthulhu, the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set, and has contributed to and edited numerous Call of Cthulhu books, as well as for other game systems. His work can be found in the revised Masks of Nyarlathotep, Petersen's Abominations, Down Darker Trails, Cthulhu Dark Ages, Berlin: The Wicked City, and many others.[9]
Mason and Fricker's Eldritch Stories
editA podcast series of wondrous stories, weird fiction, weird tales by Mike Mason and Paul Fricker.[10]
Awards
edit2019 Ennies Gold Best Adventure for Masks of Nyarlothotep[11]
Books
editReferences
edit- ^ "Mike Mason". RPG Geek. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "TTG's Top Board Games of 2016: Call of Cthulhu editor Mike Mason". Tabletop Gaming. 2016-12-26. Archived from the original on 2024-03-02. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- ^ a b c d Bowser, Chad; Newton, Andi; Holloway, James; Mason, Mike (2020). Cthulhu Idade das Trevas – Chamado de Cthulhu (in Portuguese) (7 ed.). New Order Editora. p. 270. Retrieved 2024-03-02 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Horvath, Stu (2023). Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground: A Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying Games from D&D to Mothership. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. pp. 87. ISBN 978-0-262-04822-4. Retrieved 2024-03-02 – via Google Books.
- ^ Appelcline, Shannon (2014). Adamus, John (ed.). Designers & Dragons: The '70s. Silver Spring, Maryland: Evil Hat Productions. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-61317-075-5. Retrieved 2024-03-02 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Horvath, Stu (2023). Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground: A Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying Games from D&D to Mothership. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. pp. 86. ISBN 978-0-262-04822-4. Retrieved 2024-03-02 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Horror on the Orient Express (Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition)".
- ^ Mackintosh, Paul (2022-12-15). "Review of Rivers of London". RPGnet. Archived from the original on 2024-03-02. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- ^ "Third Floor Wars Interview 2021". Youtube - Channel - Third Floor Wars. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ Zappone, Dan (17 July 2023). "The Spellbinding World of Mason and Fricker's Eldritch Stories". Basic Roleplaying dot net. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "ENNIE Award Nominees and Winners". ENNIE awards. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Contributions List". RPG dot net. RPG.net. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
External links
edit- Interview with Mason