Ron Edwards (game designer)
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Ronald Edwards is a game designer, theorist, and an influential member of the indie role-playing game
community. Notably, he is the creator of the Sorcerer
RPG
, the GNS Theory
of gameplay, and The Big Model
.
Edwards is also co-founder of The Forge, an online community to support Indie RPG design and publication.
Indie role-playing game
An indie role-playing game is a role-playing game published outside of traditional, "mainstream" means. Varying definitions require that commercial, design, or conceptual elements of the game stay under the control of the creator, or that the game should just be produced outside of a corporate...
community. Notably, he is the creator of the Sorcerer
Sorcerer (role-playing game)
Sorcerer is an award winning occult-themed indie role-playing game written by Ron Edwards and published through Adept Press. The game focuses on sorcerers who summon, bind, and interact with demons, which are powerful non-human entities who work with and against the sorcerer.-Setting:The game has...
RPG
Role-playing game
A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
, the GNS Theory
GNS Theory
The GNS Theory, as originally developed by Ron Edwards, is a relatively amorphous body of work attempting to create a theory of how role-playing games work...
of gameplay, and The Big Model
The Big Model
The Big Model is a body of role-playing game theory developed primarily by Ron Edwards. It serves as a capstone and organizing principle to the amorphous body of work commonly referred to as GNS Theory.-Structure:...
.
Edwards is also co-founder of The Forge, an online community to support Indie RPG design and publication.
Books
- Sorcerer ISBN 0-9709176-0-0
- Sorcerer & Sword ISBN 0-9709176-1-9
- The Sorcerer's Soul ISBN 0-9709176-2-7
- Sex and Sorcery ISBN 0-9709176-3-5
- Spione: Story Now in Cold War Berlin ISBN 978-0-9709-1767-6
See also
- Sorcerer: An Intense Role-playing GameSorcerer (role-playing game)Sorcerer is an award winning occult-themed indie role-playing game written by Ron Edwards and published through Adept Press. The game focuses on sorcerers who summon, bind, and interact with demons, which are powerful non-human entities who work with and against the sorcerer.-Setting:The game has...
- TrollbabeTrollbabeTrollbabe is an indie role-playing game by Ron Edwards, cofounder of The Forge. It is an outworking of his Narrativist design philosophy. Edwards self-publishes it as a PDF through his Adept Press website....
External links
- Adept-Press: all of Ron Edwards' games
- Spione: Story Now in Cold War Berlin
- Ron Edwards at DePaul University
- Interview at Flames Rising