Greg Stafford (game designer)
Greg Stafford | |
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Stafford, July 2013 in Orick, California | |
| Born | Francis Gregory Stafford February 9, 1948 Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | October 10, 2018 (aged 70) Arcata, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Game designer |
Francis Gregory Stafford (February 9, 1948 – October 10, 2018) was an American game designer, publisher, and practitioner of shamanism.
Stafford is most famous as the creator of the fantasy world of Glorantha, but he was also a prolific games designer. He was designer of Pendragon, he was co-designer of the RuneQuest, Ghostbusters, Prince Valiant and HeroQuest role-playing systems, founder of the role-playing game companies Chaosium and Issaries, designer of the White Bear and Red Moon, Nomad Gods, King Arthur's Knights and Elric board games, and co-designer of the King of Dragon Pass computer game.