Vincent Baker

Vincent Baker
BornUnited States
OccupationWriter, game designer
NationalityAmerican
GenreRole-playing games
SpouseMeguey Baker

David Vincent Baker is a designer and theorist of tabletop role-playing games and the owner of indie role-playing games publisher Lumpley Games, which also hosts the archives of The Forge. He and his wife Meguey Baker designed Apocalypse World, the first game in the Powered by the Apocalypse system. Apocalypse World won Game of the Year, Best Support, and Most Innovative game at the 2010 Indie RPG Awards,[1][2][3] and was 2011 RPG of the Year at both the Golden Geek Awards and Lucca Comics & Games.[4][5] Baker also designed Dogs in the Vineyard, which won the 2004 Indie RPG Game of the Year and Innovation Award and was one of three games shortlisted for the 2004 Diana Jones Award.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ "Indie Game of The Year, 2010". Indie RPG Awards. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Best Support, 2010". Indie RPG Awards. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Most Innovative Game, 2010". Indie RPG Awards. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  4. ^ "2011 Golden Geek Award Winners! | Geekdo". BoardGameGeek. November 21, 2011. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2011 Lucca Comics & Games Award was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "INDEPENDENT GAME OF THE YEAR, 2004". The RPG-Awards Site. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
  7. ^ "INNOVATION IN A ROLEPLAYING GAME, 2004". The RPG-Awards Site. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
  8. ^ "The Diana Jones Award 2005". The Diana Jones Award committee. Retrieved 2007-09-08.