Peter Adkison
Peter D. Adkison | |
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Alma mater | Walla Walla College University of Washington |
Occupation(s) | CEO, Owner of Gen Con |
Peter D. Adkison
During Adkison's tenure, Wizards of the Coast rose to the status of a major publisher in the hobby game industry. Wizards achieved success with its creation of
Adkison is the current owner of Gen Con, a major yearly game convention in the Midwest. In 1999, Adkison sold Wizards of the Coast to Hasbro, remaining with the company until January 2001.[1]
As a longtime fan of role-playing games (RPGs), Adkison has become an advocate for indie RPGs. His own game design work includes The Primal Order, a "capstone system" for use with any of a number of different role-playing games.
Background
As a child, Adkison enjoyed playing strategy games and war games. In 1978, he was exposed to Dungeons & Dragons, which "blew [him] away."[2] His friend, Terry Campbell, suggested the idea of starting a game company to Adkison and his friends using the name "Wizards of the Coast", taken from a guild of which one of their player characters was a member.[3]: 276
In the early 1980s, Adkison self-published a wargame to be used with fantasy role-playing games titled Castles & Conquest, utilizing the "Wizards of the Coast" name as a brand.[3]: 276 In 1981, he created a Dungeons & Dragons campaign titled Chaldea, which he continues to run today.[2]
As of 2002, Adkison was running two Dungeons & Dragons campaigns and playing in three.
While working at Hidden City Games, his public biography from 2005 claimed that he was married to Melissa Reis Adkison.[5]
In 2014, Adkison married Dee Fenton.[6]
Career
Adkison received a
While working for Boeing, he became involved in the founding of Wizards of the Coast.
As of 2005, Adkison is the
Accolades
In 1999, Pyramid magazine named Peter Adkison as one of The Millennium's Most Influential Persons "at least in the realm of adventure gaming".[9]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Biography, Peter D. Adkison". Gen Con Indy. Retrieved 2007-06-21.[dead link]
- ^ a b c McNutt, Greg. "Interview: Peter Adkison". The Gaming Outpost. Archived from the original on 2007-12-06. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
- ^ a b White, Damon (2002-03-24). "Interview with Peter Adkison". GamingReport.com. Archived from the original on 2008-11-17. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
- ^ State of Colorado marriage license No. 2014-1619
- ^ Berghammer, Billy; Biessener, Adam (2004-08-31). "Dungeons & Dragons: The Ed Stark Interview". Gameinformer. Archived from the original on June 23, 2006. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
- ^ a b Bub, Andrew S. (2003-07-26). "Interview with Peter Adkison". GameSpy.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
- ^ Haring, Scott D. (1999-12-24). "Second Sight: The Millennium's Best "Other" Game and The Millennium's Most Influential Person". Pyramid (Online). Retrieved 2008-02-15.
External links
- "Peter Adkison's credits as listed at Pen & Paper's RPG Database". Archived from the original on 2005-07-28.