Graeme Davis | |
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| Born | Isleworth, London, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Game Designer
Writer Editor |
Graeme Davis is a game designer, writer, and editor in the tabletop role-playing game industry.
Davis started playing Dungeons & Dragons in the mid-1970s, shortly after it was first imported into the United Kingdom.[1] After leaving school, he worked in the banking industry before studying for a Bachelor of Arts degree in archaeology at the University of Durham in 1979. He graduated in 1982.[2] That year, Davis wrote his first paid article about Dungeons & Dragons for Games Workshop's White Dwarf magazine.[1] Other opportunities followed with White Dwarf and TSR, Inc.'s Imagine.
Davis was one of the original designers of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay.[3][4] Games Workshop developed Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay into its new subsidiary Flame Publications in 1989, where Davis remained on staff.[5]
Davis wrote the Fighting Fantasy Gamebook, Midnight Rogue, in 1987.[6]
Davis published his first novel, Blood and Honor,[7] book four in the Eberron The War-Torn series, in 2006.
Since 2009, Davis has been the line editor for Rogue Games' historical horror RPG Colonial Gothic, contributing to several titles in the line.
In 2022, Davis wrote Mythic Britain & Ireland, an expansion for Vaesen,[8] which won three 2023 Gold ENNIE Awards: Product of the Year, Best Setting, and Best Interior Art.[9] In an interview with Wargamer, Davis explained that he had worked hard to honor the diversity of British and Irish folklore, and that his strategy for writing adventures was "not to overthink, trust yourself, and always keep the players in mind."[8]
