Game Design
I
have been a game designer for over fifteen years. From 1988 to 1999 I
worked as
a freelance author, writing books such as GURPS Bio-Tech and Glory of Rome. During this period,
I
wrote a large number of GURPS books,
including Ultra-Tech, Psionics, and Vehicles, and also wrote books
for
other game companies, including Aliens and Artifacts (ICE), Indiana Jones and the
Rising
Sun (West
End Games), and The Complete Druid (TSR). Towards the
end
of this period, I spent a few months working for a computer game
company.
In 1999, I took a full-time job as anime line developer and staff
writer
for Guardians of Order, where I worked with Mark MacKinnon to expand
his
Tri-Stat™ rules system into a universal game engine. While at GOO, I
wrote
or co-authored several games including BESM 2nd Edition,
Demon
City Shinjuku, Tenchi Muyo, and Ghost Dog, plus a number of
supplements
such as Big Robots, Cool Starships, Hot Rods & Gun Bunnies,
and Centauri Knights.
In
January of 2001 I left GOO and took a full-time position with Steve
Jackson
Games, where I created the Transhuman Space science fiction line,
writing books like Transhuman
Space and Deep
Beyond and developing the rest of the line. In 2002-2003, I was
involved in line planning for the relaunch of GURPS, and
co-authored the GURPS
Basic Set 4th Edition
with Sean Punch. I also did some freelance board/miniatures game design
projects for Firefly Games including Escape from Monster
Island and Cybor
Gladiators.
In October, 2004, I rejoined Guardians of Order as anime and Tri-Stat
line developer and senior game designer, developing and writing
projects like d20
Mecha, Ex Machina, d20 Military Vehicles,
The Authority,
Dreaming Cities, and BESM 3e. In
2005, Guardians of Order downsized to a one-man operation.
At present, I live in Victoria, British Columbia, working as a
freelance writer, while seeking full time employment.
Background and Hobbies
I was born in Canada (in Kingston, Ontario), but spent much of my
childhood living in England and New Zealand. I have a History degree
from Queen's University. Besides roleplaying games and such mundane
activities as watching TV, I'm a science fiction fan of long standing,
enjoy Japanese anime and manga, and like messing about with miniature
soldiers and tanks.
Contact
dlpulver@telus.net
