Jamie Thomson
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Jamie Thomson is the author of several 'choose-your-own-adventure' type gamebooks. His contributions to the genre include four series: Duelmaster, Falcon, and Way of the Tiger (all co-written with Mark Smith) and Fabled Lands. He also co-wrote two books for the Fighting Fantasy series: Talisman of Death and Sword of the Samurai, again with Mark Smith. He also co-wrote an adventure game, The Tower of Despair.
Thomson was Assistant Editor of White Dwarf magazine, and a contributor to Warlock magazine.
He cites his gaming career as having begun with Original Dungeons and Dragons in 1976.
[edit] Background
Jamie was born in Iran, but grew up in Brighton where he met Mark Smith at school there. He graduated from Kent University with a degree in politics and government.
Thomson was one of the founders of the London based games company Black Cactus, which released the PC games Warrior Kings and Warrior Kings: Battles.
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[edit] Sources
Source: Duelmaster 1, Armada Publishing, 1986.
