Steffan O'Sullivan is the author of several role-playing game books.

Career

Steffan O'Sullivan was a writer for GURPS products including GURPS Swashbucklers (1990) and GURPS Bunnies & Burrows (1992).[1]:319 He designed the FUDGE role-playing game system, first releasing it for free on the internet on December 7, 1993.[1]:319 His friend Ann Dupuis wanted to start her own game company, using FUDGE as its flagship game; O'Sullivan agreed, as long as she allowed the game to remain available for free on the internet, so Dupuis formed Wild Mule Games and published FUDGE in a limited print run in 1994.[1]:319 Dupuis changed the company's name to Grey Ghost Press in 1995, and convinced O'Sullivan to work up a new FUDGE ruleset, published on the internet in June 1995, and released later that year as the first large-scale FUDGE release from Grey Ghost Press.[1]:320 O'Sullivan changed the name from FUDGE to Fudge in 2000, and transferred the rights to the game to Grey Ghost Press officially in March 2004.[1]:320 O'Sullivan wrote the Princess Bride role-playing game using the FUDGE system, which was published by Toy Vault in 2019.[2]

Among his works are the GURPS system books Bestiary, Bunnies & Burrows, Fantasy Bestiary and Swashbucklers. He is also the collaborative author of the Fudge open gaming system and the Sherpa game.

He currently lives in New Hampshire.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  2. "Princess Bride RPG || By ToyVault". www.toyvault.com. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
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