An Interview with T.S. Luikart




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Summary: Ethan had the chance to sit down with T.S. Luikart a little while back. Luikart is a freelance writer for the game industry, and has done design work for Green Ronin’s Red Star Campaign Setting, Skull & Bones, and Mutants & Masterminds games.  Luikart’s work can be seen most recently in Green Ronin’s Dragon Age RPG, specifically Blood in Ferelden and the Dragon Age RPG Set 1. About T.S. Luikart Todd Steven Luikart (born 1971 in San Diego, California) is an American game designer, fantasy author, and poet. He has worked for Black Industries and Green Ronin Publishing and been a game player for over 30 years. About Green Ronin Green Ronin Publishing is a Seattle based company dedicated to the art of great games. Since the year 2000 Green Ronin has established a reputation for quality and innovation that is second to none, publishing such critical favorites as the Freeport Trilogy, Book of the Righteous, Hobby Games: The 100 Best, and theMutants & Masterminds RPG, and winning over 40 awards for excellence. For an unprecented three years running Green Ronin won the prestigious GenCon & EnWorld Award for Best Publisher. About Dragon Age Dragon Age: Origins is a single-player role-playing video game developed by BioWare‘s Edmonton studio and published by Electronic Arts. It is the first game in the Dragon Age franchise. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in November 2009, and for Mac OS X on December 21, 2009. Set in the mythical kingdom of Ferelden during a period of civil strife, the player assumes the role of a warrior, mage or rogue who must unite the kingdom to fight an impending invasion by demonic forces. BioWare describes Dragon Age: Origins as a “dark heroic fantasy set in a unique world”, and a spiritual successor to their Baldur’s Gate series of games, which took place in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting of the Dungeons & Dragons franchise. Fantasy roleplaying goes back to its dark and gritty roots with the Dragon Age RPG, the latest game from the company that brought you A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying and Mutants & Masterminds. Based on the critically-acclaimed Dragon Age: Origins computer game, theDragon Age RPG brings the excitement of BioWare’s rich fantasy world to the tabletop. Make your own heroes and control your own destiny as a Blight comes to Thedas once again. Buy the Dragon Age: Dark Fantasy Roleplaying, Set 1: for Characters Level 1 to 5 Buy the Dragon Age Game Master’s Kit Buy Dragon Age: Blood in Ferelden [flgallery id=2 /]