Joshua A.C. Newman
Joshua A.C. Newman is a role-playing game designer.
Career
In 2012, Joshua A.C. Newman worked with Vincent Baker in a new iteration of the Mechaton rules called Mobile Frame Zero: Rapid Attack (2012); this was then used by Newman as the basis of a successful Kickstarter.[1]
Newman is the designer of the Indie role-playing games Under the Bed (2005), Shock: Social Science Fiction (2006), Beowulf (2008), and Shock:Human Contact (2010). His publishing imprint is called the glyphphress.
Personal life
He resides in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he is also a book and graphic designer. He teaches game design at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst College of Information and Computer Sciences.
The homepage of the glyphpress leads to Newman's blog, xenoglyph, concerned with many forms of speculative art and design, not limited to games.
Roleplaying bibliography
- Under the Bed
- Shock: Social Science Fiction
- Shock: Human Contact
- Beowulf
Newman has also contributed to the book design of several other indie roleplaying games.
- Dogs in the Vineyard
- The Mountain Witch
- Bliss Stage
- Misspent Youth
References
- ↑ Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '00s. Evil Hat Productions. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-61317-087-8.