Ken Rolston

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Ken Rolston (* 20th century), actually Kenneth Rolston , is an American author and role-playing game and computer game developer.

Career

Ken Rolston studied at New York University , where he graduated with a Masters . Rolston's passion for role-playing games began in 1975 when he was creating his own adventures for friends and family. In addition to private role-play modifications, his professional pen & paper oeuvre includes Paranoia , RuneQuest , Warhammer Fantasy RPG , Dungeons & Dragons as well as Advanced Dungeons & Dragons and Star Wars . He also wrote various articles for Dragon Magazine . He has been a member of the Science Fiction Writers Association since 1982 . He received the 1984 HG Wells Award for the role-playing game Paranoia .

After twenty years of role-playing experience, he joined Bethesda Softworks for the title An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire (1997) . As lead, concept and quest designer at Bethesda Softworks for The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind (2002) and its extensions Bloodmoon and Tribunal , he was next to Todd Howard as the driving force behind the Elder Scrolls universe . For the follow-up title The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006) he worked as lead designer and left Bethesda Softworks after it was completed.

In 2007 he became lead designer for the title Ascendant of the developer studio Big Huge Games , which was converted into the role-playing game Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning after the studio was taken over by 38 studios and published in February 2012. After 38 Studios went bankrupt , Ken Rolston joined Turbine, Inc. in 2012.

Trivia

In the role-playing game Morrowind , Ken Rolston was installed by colleagues at Bethesda Softworks as the characters Socucius Ergalla (top agent of the census and tax office) and "Admiral Rolston" (only to be found via the console in the "Toddtest" cell) without his knowledge .

In addition to his passion for role-playing games, Ken Rolston is an avid folk singer and composer with his wife Pat .

Works

Ludography computer games

Ludography role-playing games

  • Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
    • Carelemangne's Paladins Campaign Sourcebook (1992)
    • Swords of Deceit (1986)
    • Lanhamar: City of Adventure (1985)
    • The Lost Island of Castanamir (1984)
  • Dungeons and Dragons
    • Thre Dragon's Den (1992)
    • GAZ7: The Northern Reaches (1988)
    • GAZ2: ​​The Emirates of Ylaruam (1987)
    • IM3: The Best of Intentions (1987)
  • RuneQuest
    • Basic Roleplaying Gamemaster Book (2005)
    • Gloranthan Classics Volume IV: Borderlands & Beyond (2005)
    • Dorastor: Land of Doom (1993)
    • River of Cradles (1992)
    • Vikings (1985)
    • Pavis: Threshold to Danger (1983)
    • Borderlands (1982)
    • Chaosium: Rune Quest 1/2 (1978/1979)
  • Star Frontiers
    • SFKH4: The War Machine (1985)
    • SFKH3: Face of the Enemy (1985)
    • SFKH2: Mutiny on the Eleanor Moraes (1984)
  • Starwars
    • StarWars Classic Adventures Volume Five (1998)
    • Strike Force: Shantipole (1988)
  • Paranoia (role play)
    • Flashbacks II (2007/2008)
    • Flashbacks (2005/2008)
    • Extreme Paranoia (2005)
    • The Computer Always Shoots Twice (1988)
    • Paranoia Excessory Pack (1987)
    • Acute Paranoia (1986)
    • HIL Sector Blues (1986)
    • Orcbusters (1986)
    • Paranoia Gamemaster Screen (1985)
  • Warhammer Fantasy RPG
    • Apocrypha 2: Chart of Darkness (2000)
    • The Enemy Within: Something Rotten in Kislev (1989/1999)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ RPG.NET: List of Dragon Magazine issues with Ken Rolston
  2. ↑ Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design: List of winners of the HG Wells Awards 1984 ( Memento from March 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Unofficial Elderscrolls Pages (Wiki): Entry by Ken Rolston
  4. ↑ a b The Narrative Design Explorer: Interview with Ken Rolston ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / narrativedesign.org
  5. ↑ Game Informer : about Ken Rolston's hiring at Turbine Inc.  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.gameinformer.com  
  6. ^ The Folk Project: Official website
personal data
SURNAME Rolston, Ken
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rolston, Kenneth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American computer game developer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century