Ken Rolston
| Ken Rolston | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Lead Game Designer at Big Huge Games |
Ken Rolston is an American computer game and board game designer best known for his work with West End Games and the hit computer game series The Elder Scrolls. In February 2007, instead of retiring after 25 years in the game design industry, he elected to join the staff of computer games company Big Huge Games to create a new role-playing game.[1]
Ken has a Masters Degree from NYU, and is a member of the Science Fiction Writers Association. He has been a professional games designer since 1982.
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[edit] Paper-and-Pencil RPG
Before entering the computer game field, for twelve years Ken was an award-winning designer of paper-and-pencil role-playing games. His credits include games and supplements for Paranoia, RuneQuest, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, AD&D, D&D.[1][2][3][4]
Ken also was winner of the H. G. Wells Award for Best Role-playing Game, Paranoia, 1985,[5] and served as role-playing director for West End Games, Games Workshop, and Avalon Hill Game Company.
[edit] Videogame industry
Rolston was the lead designer for Bethesda's role-playing game, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, its expansions, and was also lead designer for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
Ken Rolston designs computer role-playing and adventure games. He was lead designer for two Big Huge Games projects, both which were canceled in 2009.[6]
Ken is now lead creative visionary for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, a single player RPG being designed by Big Huge Games, a Baltimore subsidiary of 38 Studios. The game is being created for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC platforms and is set in the world of Copernicus, which is the code name for the Massively Multi-player Online Role Playing game being designed by Big Huge Games parent studio 38 Studios. Both games are set in the same game world and 38 Studios plans to have inter connectivity between the products as well as an eco-system of products surrounding them.
[edit] Works
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
- Something Rotten in Kislev for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
- Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Shot
- Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- Paranoia
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Veteran Designer Ken Rolston Joins BHG". http://www.bighugegames.com/press_kenrolston.shtml.: 13 February 2007 press release
- ^ "RPG Legend Ken Rolston Retires". Joystiq. http://www.joystiq.com/2006/05/25/rpg-legend-ken-rolston-retires/. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ^ "Oblivion's Ken Rolston Speaks". H Consumer. http://consumer.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTA2NCwxLCxoY29uc3VtZXI=. Retrieved 2009-05-13.[dead link]
- ^ "Masters of Narrative Design 6: Ken Rolston". narrativedesign.org. http://www.narrativedesign.org/2008/09/masters-of-narrative-design-6.html. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ^ "THQ Signs Oblivion Designer for a 'Big Huge' RPG". Gamedaily. http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/features/thq-signs-oblivion-designer-for-a-big-huge-rpg/70364/?biz=1. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ^ "What Were Big Huge Games Working On (And Have They Found A Buyer)?". http://kotaku.com/5204841/what-were-big-huge-games-working-on-and-have-they-found-a-buyer.: Status update
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