“If you believe you’ve come up with a clever mechanic, Greg Stafford already did it.”

As John Wick ( 7th Sea, Legend of the Five Rings) memorably puts it:Įvery game designer knows the Stafford Rule: Under Greg's leadership, the company quickly became renowned for its originality and creativity, and was responsible for introducing numerous things to the hobby that are standards today. Greg founded The Chaosium in 1975, and from the outset (to quote his own words) “was never content to imitate, but instead published games that were original in their style of play, content and design”.

The shock and grief the Chaosium family felt at the news of the passing of our beloved and revered company founder was incalculable.Īs one of the greatest game designers of all time winner of too many awards to count and a friend, mentor, guide, and inspiration to generations of gamers, “the Grand Shaman of Gaming” influenced the universe of tabletop gaming beyond measure. Greg’s work in roleplaying games, board games, and fiction have been acclaimed as some of the most engaging and innovative of all time. When he isn’t exchanging minds with a Yithian, Nathan is also a stay-at-home dad to his three-year-old son Robin, who much to his father’s joy, knows the names of all the monsters in the Godzilla movies.Greg Stafford passed away in October, 2018. He loves board games and anything HP Lovecraft related which is what brought him to Petersen Games. Nathan is an avid painter of miniatures and has won several Golden Daemon painting awards. After leaving the Film Industry he worked for several years for Games Workshop in their retail division and on their Studio Web Team. His biggest claim to fame was as Production Editor on the animated tv series Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles. He later worked on the TV Shows Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Film/Video from The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and got his start working in the film industry as a Video Operator and Video Editor on such films as Mars Attacks, Contact and the infamous Batman & Robin. Nathan has held a wide variety of jobs in his life. Nathan Bishop is a Customer Support Representative for Petersen Games.

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