Greg Stafford (game designer)

Greg Stafford
Stafford, July 2013 in Orick, California
Born
Francis Gregory Stafford

(1948-02-09)February 9, 1948
DiedOctober 10, 2018(2018-10-10) (aged 70)
OccupationGame designer

Francis Gregory Stafford (February 9, 1948 – October 10, 2018) was an American game designer, publisher, and practitioner of shamanism.

Stafford is most famous as the creator of the fantasy world of Glorantha, but he was also a prolific games designer. He was designer of Pendragon, he was co-designer of the RuneQuest, Ghostbusters, Prince Valiant and HeroQuest role-playing systems, founder of the role-playing game companies Chaosium and Issaries, designer of the White Bear and Red Moon, Nomad Gods, King Arthur's Knights and Elric board games, and co-designer of the King of Dragon Pass computer game.

  1. ^ Greg Stafford's biographical timeline, by himself on his personal website (archived)
  2. ^ Michael O'Brien (October 12, 2018). "Vale Greg Stafford (1948 - 2018)". Chaosium company blog. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.