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David Ladyman
David Ladyman is an American game designer of board games, such as Car Wars, and role-playing games, such as GURPS.
In 1977, while studying linguistics as a grad student at University of Texas at Austin, Ladyman began playtesting games for Metagaming Concepts, especially those designed by Steve Jackson. When Jackson left Metagaming to form Steve Jackson Games (SJG), Ladyman continued to test games for him, including Illuminati and Car Wars. Ladyman then became a games convention organizer, helping to facilitate Texcon for several years, and joining the head staff of Origins Game Fair for a year.
In 1990, Ladyman co-designed the second edition of the horror role-playing game Chill (1990) for Mayfair Games, with Louis Prosperi and Jeff Leason.
By the mid-1980s, Ladyman was working for SJG, overseeing development of Car Wars and GURPS, as well as editing the first issues of Autoduel Quarterly. He also authored GURPS The Prisoner, a role-playing game based on the enigmatic British television series. He also created Isaac Asimov's Star Trader board game. (After SJG discontinued publication of Star Traders, the rights reverted to Ladyman.)
After leaving SJG, Ladyman became a freelance editor and game developer. A lot of his work was for FASA, including the basic game and various adventures for FASA's BattleTech and Renegade Legion, as well as adventures for Shadowrun. His D&D work for TSR included a contribution to Tales of the Outer Planes (1988), and editing Dragon Magic (1989), and Dragon Dawn (1990).
In 1991, Ladyman joined the staff of Origin Systems, where he was the editor of Wing Commander II, Wing Commander III, Wing Commander IV, Wing Commander: Prophecy, Ultima VII, Ultima VIII, and Ultima IX. He left Origin Systems in 1997.
During the late 1990s and 2000s, Ladyman co-authored several videogame guides, including Sid Meier's Gettysburg!: The Official Strategy Guide (1997) with Melissa Tyler, and Guild Wars: Prima Official Game Guide (2005) with Andrea Silva and Rebecca Chastain.
As of 2002, he was editor of Massive Online Gaming magazine.
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David Ladyman
David Ladyman is an American game designer of board games, such as Car Wars, and role-playing games, such as GURPS.
In 1977, while studying linguistics as a grad student at University of Texas at Austin, Ladyman began playtesting games for Metagaming Concepts, especially those designed by Steve Jackson. When Jackson left Metagaming to form Steve Jackson Games (SJG), Ladyman continued to test games for him, including Illuminati and Car Wars. Ladyman then became a games convention organizer, helping to facilitate Texcon for several years, and joining the head staff of Origins Game Fair for a year.
In 1990, Ladyman co-designed the second edition of the horror role-playing game Chill (1990) for Mayfair Games, with Louis Prosperi and Jeff Leason.
By the mid-1980s, Ladyman was working for SJG, overseeing development of Car Wars and GURPS, as well as editing the first issues of Autoduel Quarterly. He also authored GURPS The Prisoner, a role-playing game based on the enigmatic British television series. He also created Isaac Asimov's Star Trader board game. (After SJG discontinued publication of Star Traders, the rights reverted to Ladyman.)
After leaving SJG, Ladyman became a freelance editor and game developer. A lot of his work was for FASA, including the basic game and various adventures for FASA's BattleTech and Renegade Legion, as well as adventures for Shadowrun. His D&D work for TSR included a contribution to Tales of the Outer Planes (1988), and editing Dragon Magic (1989), and Dragon Dawn (1990).
In 1991, Ladyman joined the staff of Origin Systems, where he was the editor of Wing Commander II, Wing Commander III, Wing Commander IV, Wing Commander: Prophecy, Ultima VII, Ultima VIII, and Ultima IX. He left Origin Systems in 1997.
During the late 1990s and 2000s, Ladyman co-authored several videogame guides, including Sid Meier's Gettysburg!: The Official Strategy Guide (1997) with Melissa Tyler, and Guild Wars: Prima Official Game Guide (2005) with Andrea Silva and Rebecca Chastain.
As of 2002, he was editor of Massive Online Gaming magazine.