Product: Quests of Yore: Barley’s Edition | product page |, Publisher: The Op Games, In Conjunction With: Disney/Pixar, Release Date: 2021, Genre: Licensed Products, Film Tie-Ins, RPGs The first ever RPG developed for a Pixar property, Quests of Yore: Barley’s Edition was concieved of as representing Barley’s well-loved copy of the game from the ONWARD film. As game designer and writer, I was tasked with not only bringing a game that looked similar to the in-movie version to life, but also crafting an experience which “felt” like a Pixar story.
Product: MUNCHKIN®: Critical Role | product page |, Publisher: The Op Games, In Conjunction With: Steve Jackson Games, Critical Role, Release Date: 2021, Genre: Licensed Products, New Media Tie-Ins, Strategy Games The venerable MUNCHKIN® game from Steve Jackson Games has been a “love to hate” or “hate to love” source of table flips for decades. The streaming sensation Critical Role has been an obsession for some (myself included) for years now.
Product: The Thing™ Infection at Outpost 31 | product page |, Publisher: The Op Games (Project Raygun), In Conjunction With: MONDO, Universal, Release Date: 2017, Genre: Licensed Products, Film Tie-Ins, Social Deduction Games The first real foray The Op Games made into what are now their Signature Games, The Thing™ Infection at Outpost 31 was a collaboration between MONDO (for art and graphic design) and USAopoly’s internal “Project Raygun” team (for game design and production).
Product: TRIVIAL PURSUIT®: National Parks Travel Edition | product page |, Publisher: The Op Games, In Conjunction With: Hasbro, National Park Foundation, Release Date: 2016, Genre: Licensed Products, Family, Trivia Games TRIVIAL PURSUIT: National Parks Travel Edition was an opportunity to delve deep into the history (and minutae) of some of the United States of America’s most precious national resources. As writer, I worked to create a balanced set of questions that incorporated a vast array of the National Parks, their shared history, and their furry, feathered, and scaly denizens.
Product: The Chronicles of Spellborn | wikipedia entry |, Publisher: Acclaim, Frogster, Mindscape, In Conjunction With: Spellborn, Khaeon Release Date: 2008 (UK/EU)/2009 (US), Genre: Massively Multiplayer Online Games The Chronicles of Spellborn was a Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game developed in The Hague, The Netherlands by a moderately-small team of developers. It was an exciting opportunity to take on one of the most difficult development projects in Dutch videogame history.