Draft:Joseph A. McCullough
Joseph A. McCullough is a tabletop wargames designer, and writer from Greensboro, North Carolina..[1] who now lives in Kent, UK.[1]
He is most well known for Frostgrave, a fantasy miniatures game where the player has control over a powerful wizard and their soldiers.
Biography
[edit]Early life and education
[edit]Joseph A. McCullough was born in 1976 in Greensboro, North Carolina.[1] McCullough grew up watching science-fiction such as Star Trek and Star Wars.[2] McCullough graduated with a degree in history from the University of North Carolina.[1]
Career
[edit]McCullough lived in Washington, D.C. where he wrote for a medical journal and worked in a gaming store.[1] McCullough went to North Wales to study for a creative writing degree from the University of Bangor, although he did not finish the degree.[1] McCullough got married while in England and stayed there to work for the military history publisher Osprey Publishing, working in production, marketing, editorial, and games for 15 years before becoming a freelancer full-time.[1]
McCullough has written for Black Gate.[3] McCullough wrote or co-wrote books for the Dark Osprey line including Steampunk Soldiers: Uniforms & Weapons from the Age of Steam, Steampunk Soldiers: The American Frontier, and Zombies: A Hunter’s Guide.[4] McCullough became Project Manager for the Osprey Adventures imprint of Osprey Publishing in 2011.[3] McCullough wrote Dragonslayers, the first book in the Myths and Legends line from Osprey.[5] McCullough edited the 2015 anthology Frostgrave: Tales of the Frozen City.[6]
Miniature Wargames
[edit]- Frostgrave: Fantasy Wargames in the Frozen City.[7][8]
- Rangers of Shadow Deep: A Tabletop Adventure Game.
- Stargrave: Fantasy Wargames in the Ravaged Galaxy.
- Oathmark: Battles of the Lost Age
- The Silver Bayonet: A wargames of Napolenic Gothic Horror
- Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago - Fantasy Wargaming in the Lost Isles
- Deathship One
- Operation: Last Train
Books
[edit]Fiction:
[edit]Victory's Knife
Non-Fiction:
[edit]Steampunk Soldiers
Steampunk Soldiers: The American Frontier
Zombies: A hunter's guide.
Dragonslayers: From Beowulf to St. George.
The Science-Fiction & Fantasy Quizbook
The Story of Santa Claus
The Military History Quizbook
The Civil War Quizbook
A pocket History of Ireland
Awards:
[edit]Frostgrave:
[edit]UK Games Expo – Best Miniatures Game 2015[10]
Beasts of War – Best Miniatures Game 2015[11]
Silver ENnie – Miniature Product of the Year 2016[12]
Origins Awards Nominee – Miniatures Game of the Year 2016[13]
Wargames Illustrated – Best Rules 2019
Bleeding Cool – Best Tabletop Miniature Game 2018 and #2 Tabletop Game of 2018.
Drive Thru Review – Top 50 Games of All Time #4
Rob’s Tabletop World – Top 10 Non-GW Miniature Games #1
Frostgrave: Perilous Dark
[edit]UK Games Expo – Judge’s Award for Best Miniature Rules 2020
UK Games Expo – People’s Choice Award for Best Miniature Rules 2020
Stargrave
[edit]UK Games Expo – Judge’s Award for Best Miniature Rules 2021
UK Games Expo – People’s Choice Award for Best Miniatures Rules 2021
Tabletop Gaming Live – Best Miniatures Game 2022
Oathmark
[edit]Tabletop Gaming Live – Best Wargame 2022
The Silver Bayonet
[edit]UK Games Expo – Judge’s Award for Best Miniature Rules 2022
UK Games Expo – People’s Choice Award for Best Miniatures Rules 2022
Rangers of Shadow Deep
[edit]DriveThruRPG – Mithral Best Seller
Guerrilla Miniature Games – Top 5 New Games of 2018
Drive Thru Review – Top 50 Games of All Time #3
Drive Thru Review – #1 Solo Game
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "About – Joseph A. McCullough". Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ https://www.ospreypublishing.com/ca/osprey-blog/2021/aw-shux-joseph-a-mccullough-ask-me-anything/
- ^ a b https://www.blackgate.com/2011/12/24/osprey-adventures/
- ^ https://www.blackgate.com/2017/11/11/dark-osprey-the-shadowy-worlds-of-cthulhu-alien-bug-hunts-and-a-nazi-moonbase/
- ^ https://www.blackgate.com/2013/06/07/a-review-of-ospreys-dragonslayers/
- ^ https://www.blackgate.com/2015/06/17/future-treasures-frostgrave-tales-of-the-frozen-city-edited-by-joseph-mccullough/
- ^ https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/features/core-mechanics-in-wargame-design/
- ^ https://icv2.com/articles/reviews/view/37659/review-frostgrave-ulterior-motives-game
- ^ "Wargames – Joseph A. McCullough". Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ "UKGE Awards". UK Games Expo. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ "Beasts of War 2015 Gaming Awards: The Winners – OnTableTop – Home of Beasts of War". Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ "2016 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards". Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ "Links: Nominees for the 2016 Origins Awards, Mensa Select for 2016, and Ernest and Peterson's Game Golem | BoardGameGeek News". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2022-11-24.