Sean Patrick Fannon

Sean Patrick Fannon
Born (1966-01-04) January 4, 1966
Tennessee, United States
Occupation Game Designer, Writer

Sean Patrick Fannon is an American role-playing game designer and writer. He has been working in the gaming industry since 1988, and is best known for his work with the Savage Worlds game system, including his epic fantasy setting, Shaintar, and his conversion of the classic game Rifts. He has also worked as a designer in the video game industry and a consultant in the film industry.

Personal life

Fannon was born on January 4, 1966, in Tennessee. He began playing role-playing games in 1977. Before becoming a successful game designer, he worked as a deputy sheriff, airline agent, and armored car driver. He attended West Point from 1984 to 1986. He currently lives in Thornton, Colorado with his fiance and her daughter.

Career in role-playing games

Early works

Fannon's career in the gaming industry began in 1988, writing freelance articles and reviews for small-press magazines. He then wrote multiple books for Hero Games' Champions RPG, which led to a job as the Continuity Director of the Champions Universe line. He also wrote books for the Shatterzone RPG and the original Star Wars RPG from West End Games and articles for Shadis Magazine, Adventurer's Club Magazine, and TSR's Dragon Magazine.

In 1995, Fannon wrote The Fantasy Roleplaying Gamer's Bible, an introduction to the role-playing hobby, for Prima Entertainment. A second edition of the book was published by Obsidian Studios in 1999.

Shaintar

In 2005, Shaintar: Immortal Legends the first book set in Fannon's epic fantasy setting for Pinnacle Entertainment Group's Savage Worlds RPG, was published by Talisman Studios. In 2013, Savage Mojo began publishing the Shaintar line, starting with a successful Kickstarter campaign for Shaintar: Legends Unleashed. Two Shaintar books, Shaintar: Legends Arise and Shaintar: Legends Unleashed, were nominated for Ennie awards in 2014.[1]

Evil Beagle Games

In 2012, Fannon started his own game company, Evil Beagle Games, with Carinn Seabolt. From 2014 to 2017, Ross Watson joined the company as Managing Director.

Savage Rifts

In 2016, Fannon's Evil Beagle Games partnered with Pinnacle Entertainment to produce Savage Rifts, which translated Palladium Books' classic Rifts setting to the Savage Worlds rules.

Video games

Fannon worked as a designer for Interplay Productions (on a Star Trek adventure game), Vortex Media Arts (multiple titles, including a Tonka activity game), Infogrames Multimedia, 8th Wonder Games (Drachen Zor), and Telepathy Entertainment (Out There).

Honors

Fannon was the Gaming Guest of Honor for ConGlomeration in 2014,[2] the Gaming Guest of Honor for Corn on the Cob in 2016, and a Celebrity Guest for Tacticon in 2017.

Bibliography

Savage Worlds role-playing books

Other role-playing games

Other works

References

  1. 1 2 3 "ENnie Awards: 2014 ENnie Awards Winners".
  2. ↑ "Conglomeration 2014 guest announcement".
  3. ↑ "ENnie Awards: 2014 ENnie Awards Winners".
  4. ↑ "The Bamfsies".
  5. ↑ "ENnie Awards: 2009 Noms and Winners".

Personal sites

Commercial and professional sites

Interviews

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