Rob Boyle
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| Nationality | Game designer |
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Career
Rob Boyle was working as an editor for FASA as the company was closing, and chose not to move to WizKids when that company was created, since that they were not going to be working on the role-playing lines of FASA.[1]: 434 Boyle wanted to get the license for Shadowrun, but Fantasy Productions expressed an interest in Shadowrun first and their founder Werner Fuchs invited Boyle to visit him in Germany, and Boyle soon set up and ran the new corporation FanPro LLC, created by two Fantasy Productions principals and Boyle.[1]: 434 Fantasy Productions created FanPro LLC as a subsidiary in the USA to hold the FASA game line rights.[1]: 433 FanPro licensed Shadowrun in early 2001 with Boyle as Line Editor.[1]: 434 FanPro got Shadowrun back in development right away, and Boyle focused on continuing the metaplot of the game.[1]: 434 Boyle tried out a new approach with the downloadable "Shadowrun Missions" adventures, which Rich Osterhout oversaw for their first season.[1]: 434 Boyle began work on a new Shadowrun edition around 2003, with the intention to provide much needed simplification, and this was published as Shadowrun, Fourth Edition (2005).[1]: 434
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References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.