Ken Rolston

Ken Rolston is an American computer game and board game designer best known for his work with West End Games and the hit computer game series The Elder Scrolls. In February 2007, he elected to join the staff of computer games company Big Huge Games to create a new role-playing game.^[1]

Ken has a Masters Degree from NYU, and is a member of the Science Fiction Writers Association. He has been a professional games designer since 1982.

Paper-and-Pencil RPG

Before entering the computer game field, for twelve years Ken was an award-winning designer of paper-and-pencil role-playing games. His credits include games and supplements for Paranoia, RuneQuest, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, AD&D, D&D.^[1][2][3][4]

Ken also was winner of the H. G. Wells Award for Best Role-playing Game, Paranoia, 1985,^[5] and served as role-playing director for West End Games, Games Workshop, and Avalon Hill Game Company.

Videogame industry

Rolston was the lead designer for Bethesda's role-playing game, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, its expansions, and was also lead designer for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

Ken Rolston designs computer role-playing and adventure games. He was lead designer for two Big Huge Games projects, both which were canceled in 2009.^[6]

Rolston went on to be the lead creative visionary for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, a single player RPG designed by Big Huge Games, a Baltimore subsidiary of 38 Studios.^{[citation needed]} The game was created for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC platforms and is set in the world of Amalur.^{[citation needed]} A Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, code named "Project Copernicus", was being developed by Big Huge Games parent studio 38 Studios,^{[citation needed]} until the company ceased operations in May 2012.^{[citation needed]} The game would have been set in the world of Amalur and was planned to feature inter connectivity with future Amalur projects.^{[citation needed]}

Works

• Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
• Something Rotten in Kislev for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
• Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Shot
• Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
• Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
• Paranoia

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Veteran Designer Ken Rolston Joins BHG". : 13 February 2007 press release
2. ↑ "RPG Legend Ken Rolston Retires". Joystiq. Retrieved 2009-05-13. 
3. ↑ "Oblivion's Ken Rolston Speaks". H Consumer. Retrieved 2009-05-13. 
4. ↑ "Masters of Narrative Design 6: Ken Rolston". narrativedesign.org. Retrieved 2009-05-13. 
5. ↑ "THQ Signs Oblivion Designer for a 'Big Huge' RPG". Gamedaily. Retrieved 2009-05-13. 
6. ↑ "What Were Big Huge Games Working On (And Have They Found A Buyer)?". : Status update

External links

• Ken Rolston at MobyGames