• Source: Ross Watson (game designer)

Ross Watson (born May 22, 1975) is a designer of computer, miniature and role-playing games and a writer in various genres. Watson worked on the Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay line as the Lead Developer for Dark Heresy, was the lead designer for Rogue Trader and Deathwatch, and was part of the design team for Black Crusade. He was the lead developer for both Aaron Allston's Strike Force and Savage Worlds Rifts. His written works include the Accursed and Weird War I settings for Savage Worlds, contributions to the Star Wars: Edge of the Empire RPG, and the video games Darksiders II, Warhammer 40,000: Regicide, and Battlefleet Gothic: Armada. Watson has designed rules and scenarios for miniature game lines, such as Dust Warfare, and he has written for several card games, including Warhammer: Invasion, Empire Engine, and the Lost Legacy series.




Personal life


Watson was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He has been a lifelong gamer, starting at age 11. His first year of employment was as a landscaper/lawn mower in Hot Springs, Arksansas.




Beginnings in role-playing games


Watson was introduced to role-playing games by his father in Evanston, Wyoming during 1986. He started out playing Dungeons & Dragons, and by the time he was in high school, he was playing several different systems at the same time: Robotech, TMNT, Rifts, Star Wars, and Marvel Super Heroes. Watson was often asked to come up with the stories and adventures for these games during lunch, building his ability to improvise and connect narratives.
Watson said, "My father brought home this red box labeled ‘Dungeons & Dragons.’ He told me that ‘it looked interesting,’ and that I should ‘really learn how to play it.’ So I did."
Watson first became interested in wargaming during high school. During his enlistment in the US Army at Fort Knox, Kentucky, Watson became involved with a local group playing Warhammer 40,000. Since 1999, he has been a miniature war-gaming enthusiast.




Career






= D20

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Watson's involvement in the Louisville, Kentucky gaming scene led to his employment as the D20 Line Editor at Citizen Games. He helped develop and write several products for Citizen Games and parlayed that success into freelance writing for other companies such as Atlas Games and Fantasy Flight Games.
Watson wrote for several D20 projects, including the Penumbra Fantasy Bestiary, Sorcery & Steam, and the award-winning Dawnforge: Crucible of Legend. Wizards of the Coast tapped Watson to edit the Complete Divine sourcebook for Dungeons & Dragons 3.5.




= Games Workshop

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In late 2003, Watson was employed as a copywriter/editor at Games Workshop in Glen Burnie, Maryland. He joined the US White Dwarf team creating content for the magazine for Warhammer 40,000, Warhammer Fantasy, and The Lord of the Rings Fantasy Battle Game.




= Fantasy Flight Games

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Watson was hired in 2008 by Fantasy Flight Games after that company acquired the license for Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay. He joined the company as the Lead Developer for Dark Heresy, became the principal architect of Rogue Trader and Deathwatch, and helped design Black Crusade. Watson worked on over 50 products across the Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay lines. While at Fantasy Flight Games, Watson consulted on several Warhammer 40,000-themed games made at the company, such as Relic, Space Hulk: Death Angel, and Horus Heresy. He developed the Dust Warfare miniatures game and contributed to the design of Star Wars: Edge of the Empire.




= Accursed

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In 2013, Watson teamed up with John Dunn and Jason Marker to produce Accursed, a campaign setting of Watson's own design for Savage Worlds. Accursed was successfully kickstarted, and several titles for the line have been produced. Accursed is a campaign setting that "combines Hellboy with Solomon Kane," where the players take on the roles of classic monsters fighting against evil witches who have conquered their land.




= Evil Beagle Games

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Watson joined Evil Beagle Games as a partner with the company's founder, Sean Patrick Fannon, in 2014. Watson became the company's managing director and has overseen the production of books for Shaintar, a high-fantasy setting for the Savage Worlds RPG. In 2015, it was announced that Evil Beagle Games, with Watson as lead developer, would be working with Palladium Books and Pinnacle Entertainment Group to produce Savage Rifts, an adaptation of the Rifts setting to Savage Worlds. Evil Beagle also collaborated with High Rock publishing, again with Watson as lead developer, to create a new edition of Aaron Allston's Strike Force in 2016.




= Ulisses Spiele

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Watson joined Ulisses Spiele in early 2017 to develop a new Warhammer 40,000 Roleplaying Game. This RPG line eventually became Wrath & Glory, utilizing a game system designed by Watson. Wrath & Glory initially launched with Ulisses Spiele but would eventually become transferred to Cubicle 7 in 2019. Afterwards, Watson went to work designing an RPG named Myth: Tales of Legend, based on the board game Myth by Megacon Games.




= Freelance Work

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Watson has worked as a freelance writer, game designer, and IP consultant since 2001. He consulted with Catalyst Game Labs on Shadowrun 5th edition and has designed several game products for Pinnacle Entertainment Group, including Lankhmar: City of Thieves and the Last Parsec. Watson contributed to the No Quarter Presents: Urban Adventure project for Privateer Press and In Defense of Innocence for Wyrd Games.




= Podcast and Blog

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The Rogue Warden is Watson's personal blog about gaming that he started in 2012. It was nominated for an ENNie award in 2013, and has since been combined with his personal web page. Watson hosted the Gamer's Tavern podcast, a show discussing gaming and game design. In mid-2016, he stepped down from hosting the podcast.




= Video games

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Watson worked as a narrative designer on Dark Millennium Online, Regicide, and Darksiders II. For Regicide, he wrote the main story, cutscenes, and in-game dialogue. On Darksiders II, Watson worked on portions of the main game's script and wrote the stories and dialogue for all three DLCs. He wrote the dialogue, story, and promotional trailers for Battlefleet Gothic: Armada.




Bibliography






= Fiction

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Accursed
Pirate's Oath (2016)
Deadzone
Containment Protocols (2014)




= Role-playing books

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Dark Heresy
Disciples of the Dark Gods, ISBN 9781844164493
Creatures Anathema, ISBN 978-1-58994-548-7
Ascension, ISBN 9781589947115
The Radical’s Handbook, ISBN 9781589945494
Blood of Martyrs, ISBN 9781589947665
The Haalock’s Legacy Trilogy, ISBN 9781589947696
Daemon Hunter, ISBN 9781589947658
The Church of the Damned, ISBN 9781589947627
The Black Sepulchre, ISBN 1589947614
The Book of Judgement, ISBN 9781589947603
The Lathe Worlds, ISBN 9781589947689
Salvation Demands Sacrifice
Heed the Higher Call
Heresy Begets Retribution
Edge of Darkness
Knowledge is Power
Rogue Trader
Rogue Trader Core Rulebook, ISBN 9781589946750
Lure of the Expanse, ISBN 9781589947948
Edge of the Abyss, ISBN 9781589947955
Into the Storm, ISBN 9781589947269
Hostile Acquisitions, ISBN 9781589948006
The Warpstorm Trilogy Part II: Citadel of Skulls, ISBN 9781589947979
The Warpstorm Trilogy Part III: Fallen Suns, ISBN 9781589947979
Battlefleet Koronus, ISBN 9781589947993
The Navis Primer, ISBN 9781616614683
Forsaken Bounty
Dark Frontier
Secrets of the Expanse
Epoch Koronus
Drydock
Deathwatch
Deathwatch Core Rulebook, ISBN 9781589947788
The Emperor Protects, ISBN 9781589947801
Rites of Battle, ISBN 9781589947818
Mark of the Xenos, ISBN 9781589947818
The Achilus Assault, ISBN 9781589947832
First Founding, ISBN 9781589947849
The Jericho Reach, ISBN 9781589947849
Rising Tempest, ISBN 9781616614003
The Nemesis Incident
Litany of War
Final Sanction
Oblivion’s Edge
Know No Fear
Black Crusade
Black Crusade Core Rulebook, ISBN 9781616611439
The Tome of Fate, ISBN 9781616614331
Only War
Enemies of the Imperium, ISBN 9781616616847
Hammer of the Emperor, ISBN 9781616616557
Shield of Humanity
Savage Worlds
Accursed, ISBN 9780991343607
Accursed: Ill Omens, ISBN 9780991343621
Accursed: Sand and Stone
Accursed: The Banshee of Loch Finnere
Accursed: The Guns of Dagerov
Accursed: Fall of the Tower
Accursed: World of Morden
Accursed: Hatred’s Snare
Accursed: Distant Dream
Accursed: Pirate’s Oath: An Accursed Novella
Accursed: Season of the Witch
Accursed: Jumpstart
Darkest Tides
Freedom Squadron: Secret in the Ice
Lankhmar: City of Thieves
Lankhmar: Savage Foes of Nehwon
The Last Parsec: Primer
Primeval Thule (Savage Worlds Edition)
Rifts: Collector’s Box Set
Rifts: The Tomorrow Legion Player’s Guide
Rifts: Game Master’s Guide
Rifts: The Garnet Town Gambit
Rifts: Savage Foes of North America
Rifts: Tome of Destiny
Rifts: Murderthon
Rifts: Blood Menagerie
Rifts: Return to Sender
Rifts: Negotiation by Fire
Rifts: Rift Invasion
Rifts: Rite of Passage
Savage Lairs: Fantasy Forests ISBN 9780991343645
Savage Tales of Horror: Volume 3
Weird War I: War Master’s Handbook
Through the Breach (1st and 2nd Editions)
Penny Dreadful: In Defense of Innocence
TORG: Eternity
TORG: Eternity – Core Rules ISBN 9783957526830
TORG: Eternity - The Living Land Sourcebook
Delphi Missions: Rising Storm
Ruins of the Living Land
Free RPG Day Special
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (3rd Edition)
Black Fire Pass ISBN 9781589948150
Black Fire Pass: A Guide to Adventures on the Fringe of the Empire
Book of Grudges: A Guide to Dwarfs & the Everlasting Realm
Wrath & Glory (Ulisses Spiele and Cubicle 7 Editions)
Revelations
Blessings Unheralded
Dark Tides
Wrath & Glory Core Rules
Starter Set




= Other Role-playing Games

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1000 Faces: Villains & Scoundrels ISBN 9781929474332
Aaron Allston's Strike Force
Complete Divine, ISBN 9780786932726
Dawnforge: Crucible of Legend, ISBN 1589941241
D&D 5e: Feast of Tigers
Kids on Bikes: Deluxe Edition
Myth: Tales of Legend: The Lost Barrow
No Quarter Presents: Urban Adventure, ISBN 9781589780309
The Penumbra Fantasy Bestiary, ISBN 9781589780309
Sorcery & Steam
Star Wars: Edge of the Empire, ISBN 9781616616571




= Miniatures Games

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Dust Warfare, ISBN 9781616612030




= Card Games

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Empire Engine
Game of Crowns
Lost Legacy
Mystic Vale
Warhammer: Invasion




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