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Mike Mason | |
|---|---|
| Born | Michael Mason |
| Occupation | Game designer |
Mike Mason is an award-winning British game designer, game developer and writer, and also the creative director for the Call of Cthulhu (roleplaying game) at Chaosium.
Biography
[edit]Nowadays Mike lives in the small village of Gotham, near Nottingham, England, where legends speak of mad men, kings, and cuckoos.[1]
Work
[edit]Games Workshop
[edit]Mike worked for Games Workshop as Black Industries Line Manager for the Ennie Award winning Warhammer 40,000 RPG Dark Heresy (role-playing game) before the line moved to Fantasy Flight Games. Mike co-wrote Dark Heresy, the Warhammer 40K tabletop RPG for Games Workshop. .[2]
Chaosium
[edit]As creative director for the Call of Cthulhu tabletop roleplaying game Mike designed and wrote for the Call of Cthulhu 7th edition rules, Pulp Cthulhu, the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set, and has contributed to and edited numerous Call of Cthulhu books, as well as for other game systems. His work can be found in the revised Masks of Nyarlathotep, Petersen's Abominations, Down Darker Trails, Cthulhu Dark Ages, Berlin: The Wicked City, and many others.[3] [4]
Mason and Fricker's Eldritch Stories
[edit]A podcast series of wondrous stories, weird fiction, weird tales by Mike Mason and Paul Fricker.[5]
Awards
[edit]2009 Ennies Silver Best Game, Gold Production Values Dark Heresy, Core Rulebook, Fantasy Flight [6] Credited as Designed and Written by
2019 Ennies Gold Best Adventure for Masks of Nyarlothotep[7] Credited as Revised, Written, and Edited by [8]
2020 Ennies Gold Best Setting Call of Cthulhu: Berlin the Wicked City, Chaosium Inc. [9] credited as editor.
2022 Ennies Gold Best Supplement Call of Cthulhu: Cults of Cthulhu, Chaosium Inc. [10] credited as writer and editor
Bibliography
[edit]Mike Mason worked on and contributed to various[11]
| Title | Year | Credited as | Description | Publisher, Game | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsey Campbell's Goatswood and Less Pleasant Places | 2001 | Writer | Call of Cthulhu Supplement | Chaosium: Call of Cthulhu 7 | 978-1568821535 |
| Dark Heresy, Warhammer 40K RPG | 2008 | Writer | Rulebook | Black Industries, Fantasy Flight Games | 978-1844164356 |
| Dark Heresy Apocrypha: Vehicles & Riding Beasts | 2008 | Designed and Written | Supplement for Dark Heresy | Black Industries, Fantasy Flight Games | |
| Disciples of the Dark Gods for Dark Heresy | 2008 | Designed and Written | Supplement for Dark Heresy | Black Industries, Fantasy Flight Games | 9781589944581 |
| The Inquisitor's Handbook for Dark Heresy | 2008 | Designed and Written | Supplement for Dark Heresy | Black Industries, Fantasy Flight Games | 9781589944572 |
| Cthulhu Britannica | 2009 | Writer | Scenario Collection | Cubicle 7 Entertainment, UK: Call of Cthulhu 7 | 978-095554238 |
| Call of Cthulhu Quick-Start Rules | 2016 | Editor and Writer | Rulebook | Chaosium: Call of Cthulhu 7 | 978-1568823881 |
| Call of Cthulhu Keeper Rulebook, 7th edition | 2016 | Editor and Writer | Rulebook | Chaosium: Call of Cthulhu 7 | 978-1568824307 |
| Call of Cthulhu Investigator Handbook, 7th edition | 2016 | Editor and Writer | Rulebook | Chaosium: Call of Cthulhu 7 | 978-1568824499 |
| Cthulhu Through the Ages | 2015 | Editor and Writer | Supplement | Chaosium: Call of Cthulhu 7 | 978-1568824383 |
| The Curse of Nineveh | 2016 | Writer | Supplement | Cubicle 7 Entertainment, UK: Call of Cthulhu 7 | 9780857442468 |
| Pulp Cthulhu | 2016 | Editor and Writer | Rulebook | Chaosium: Call of Cthulhu 7 | 978-1568820910 |
| The Derelict | 2016 | Writer | Scenario | Chaosium: Call of Cthulhu 7 | |
| S. Petersen's Field Guide to Lovecraftian Horrors | 2016 | Editor and Writer | Supplement | Chaosium: Call of Cthulhu 7 | 978-1568820835 |
| World War Cthulhu: Cold War | 2016 | Editor and Writer | Supplement | Cubicle 7 Entertainment: Call of Cthulhu 7 | 978-0857443021 |
| Down Darker Trails | 2017 | Editor and Writer | Supplement | Chaosium: Call of Cthulhu 7 | 978-1568824482 |
| The Grand Grimoire of Cthulhu Mythos Magic | 2017 | Editor and Writer | Supplement | Chaosium: Call of Cthulhu 7 | 978-1568824055 |
| Petersen’s Abominations | 2017 | Editor and Writer | Supplement | Chaosium: Call of Cthulhu 7 | 978-1568824529 |
| Call of Cthulhu Starter Set | 2018 | Editor and Writer | Rulebox | Chaosium: Call of Cthulhu 7 | 9781568824543 |
| Shadows over Stillwater | 2019 | Editor | Campaign | Chaosium: Call of Cthulhu 7 | 978-1568824161 |
| Berlin: The Wicked City | 2019 | Editor and Writer | Supplement | Chaosium: Call of Cthulhu 7 | 9781568824178 |
| Cults of Cthulhu | 2022 | Editor and Writer | Supplement | Chaosium: Call of Cthulhu 7 | 978-1568824390 |
| A Time to Harvest | 2022 | Editor | Campaign | Chaosium: Call of Cthulhu 7 | 978-1568823836 |
| Call of Cthulhu Keeper Decks | 2016, 2024 | Developer | Card Deck | Chaosium: Call of Cthulhu 7 | |
| The Malleus Monstrorum Keeper Deck | 2016, 2024 | Developer | Card Deck | Chaosium: Call of Cthulhu 7 | |
| Arkham | 2024 | Editor and Writer | Supplement | Chaosium: Call of Cthulhu 7 | 978-1568824727 |
- ^ "Mike Mason". RPG Geek. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ Core Rulebook - Dark Heresy first edition | ISBN 978-1-84416-435-6 | Authors: Owen Barnes, Kate Flack & Mike Mason
- ^ Horvath, Stu (2023-10-10). Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. p. 86-87. ISBN 978-0-262-04822-4.
- ^ "Third Floor Wars Interview 2021". Youtube - Channel - Third Floor Wars. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ Zappone, Dan. "The Spellbinding World of Mason and Fricker's Eldritch Stories". Basic Roleplaying dot net. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "2009 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards". ENNIE Awards – Tabletop RPG awards. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ "ENNIE Award Nominees and Winners". ENNIE awards. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ DiTillio, Larry (September 2018). Masks of Nyarlathotep, Revised for 7th Ed. ISBN 978-1-56882-412-3.
- ^ "2020 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards". ENNIE Awards – Tabletop RPG awards. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
- ^ "2022 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards". ENNIE Awards – Tabletop RPG awards. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
- ^ "Contributions List". RPG dot net. RPG.net. Retrieved 20 February 2024.