Pages

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Founders of Roleplaying: Mark Rein-Hagen


Mark Rein-Hagen in was 1964. He along with Johnathan Tweet developed the Ars Magica game that was originally produced under their company Lion's Rampart 1989. Ars Magica was a campaign setting based around spellcasters during the medieval age. Ars Magica and its history would eventually become the backdrop of Mage: The Ascension.  It wasn't until 1990 that his company merged with that of White Wolf Magazine (and independent gaming magazine founded in 1986) in 1990. Together they formed White Wolf Studios. 

In 1991 the World of Darkness was born with Vampire: The Masquerade. This became a premiere horror genre that redefined the traditional notions of vampires set in the modern world. Since he helped flesh out the rest of the World of Darkness; Werewolf: The Apocalypse in 1992, Mage: The Ascension in 1993, Wraith: The Oblivion in 1994, Changeling: The Dreaming in 1995, Trinity in 1997, Hunter: The Reckoning in 1999, Exalted in 2001, and Demon: The Fallen in 2002. The Trinity line existed outside the World of Darkness, while Exalted existed in the Second Ages of Prehistory (obvious links to the World of Darkness can be found here).

In 2001 here created the first collectible action figure game known as Z-G.

No comments: