Graeme Davis is a writer

Writer

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 and editor

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. He has worked extensively in the gaming industry and was one of the original designers of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay is a role-playing game set in the Warhammer Fantasy setting. Over the years, it has been through a number of phases and different publishers, most of which were related in some way to Games Workshop...

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Davis started playing Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons

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in the mid-1970s, shortly after it was first imported into the United Kingdom

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After leaving school he worked in the bank

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ing industry before studying for a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 degree in archaeology

Archaeology

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 at the University of Durham in 1979. He graduated in 1982 and started work towards a Doctor of Philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy

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 degree.

His first paid writing for the game was an article in Games Workshop

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’s White Dwarf

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magazine in 1982.