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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