Gareth Hanrahan

Gareth Hanrahan
Nationality Irish
Other names Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan
Occupation Game designer
Home town Cork

Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan is an Irish game designer and novelist who has worked primarily on role-playing games.

Career

Hanrahan was one of the game designers included in the experimental community connected to the Gaming Outpost.[1]:406 When Mongoose Publishing pulled their Paranoia writing in-house, it was overseen by Hanrahan.[1]:398 Hanrahan wrote Mongoose's fifth RuneQuest setting, Hawkmoon: The Roleplaying Game (2007).[1]:399 Hanrahan authored the Traveller Core Rulebook (2008), which managed to outsell RuneQuest and become Mongoose's new #1 game.[1]:401 Hanrahan's 12th-century setting Deus Vult (2010) received new support in RuneQuest II.[1]:399 When Mongoose separated from Rebellion in March 2010, Hanrahan was one of those let go during the resulting layoffs.[1]:402 Hanrahan helped Pelgrane Press support their GUMSHOE System by producing monthly supplements starting in late 2010.[1]:385 In 2011, Cubicle 7 expanded its staff with industry insiders like Hanrahan, Walt Ciechanowski, Charles Ryan, and Neil Ford.[1]:432

He is employed as a full-time writer for Pelgrane Press.[2] He also holds the position of Line Developer for The Laundry Files roleplaying game published by Cubicle 7.[3]

Fiction

Hanrahan is the author of the Paranoia novel Reality Optional.[4] He has also contributed short stories to the Stone Skin Press anthologies The Lion and the Aardvark[5] and Schemers.[6]

Awards and Nominations

Hanrahan has received the following ENnie awards:

Hanrahan has received the following ENnie nominations:

Hanrahan has received the following Origins nominations:

Games

Games designed / written by Hanrahan include:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702- 58-7.
  2. "Pelgrane Press Ltd - About Us". Pelgrane Press. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  3. "Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan - Cubicle 7". Cubicle 7. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  4. "PARANOIA S1 Reality Optional by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan". Goodreads. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  5. "Authors: Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan". Stone Skin Press. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  6. "Meet the Schemers: Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan". Stone Skin Press. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  7. "ENnie Awards 2011 Winners" (PDF). Ennie Awards. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  8. "The Laundry RPG". Amazon. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  9. "ENnie Awards 2012 Winners". Ennie Awards. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  10. "Lorefinder: GUMSHOE Pathfinder Mashup". DriveThruRPG. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  11. "Pelgrane Press - Dead Rock Seven". Pelgrane Press. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  12. "Pelgrane Press - Invasive Procedures". Pelgrane Press. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  13. "ENnie Awards 2013 Nominations" (PDF). ENnie Awards. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  14. "The Zalozhniy Quartet". Amazon. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  15. "The Heart of the Wild". Cubicle 7. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  16. "The Heart of the Wild: Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan". Amazon. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  17. "The Slayer's Guide to Titans". RPG Geek. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  18. "The Quintessential Halfling". RPG Geek. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  19. "Quintessential Paladin II". RPG Geek. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  20. "The Quintessential Druid II". RPG Geek. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  21. "OGL Horror". RPG Geek. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  22. "Traitors Manual". RPG Geek. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  23. "Earthforce Campaign Book". RPG Geek. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  24. "Eyes of the Stone Thief". RPG Geek. Retrieved 29 January 2016.

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