Green Ronin Publishing is an American company based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 2000 by Chris Pramas and Nicole Lindroos, they have published several role-playing game–related products. They won several awards for their games including multiple Origins, ENnie, Pen & Paper, and Inquest Fan Awards.
In early 1996, Chris Pramas acquired The Whispering Vault rights from Mike Nystul and formed Ronin Publishing with his brother, Jason Pramas, and their mutual friend, Neal Darcy. The company published two role playing game supplements, The Book of Hunts (1997) for The Whispering Vault and Blood of the Valiant for Feng Shui. Ronin Publishing came to an end when Chris Pramas went to work for Wizards of the Coast in 1998.[2]: 369
Pramas founded Green Ronin Publishing with his wife Nicole Lindroos in 2000.[2]: 370 Green Ronin published its first book in July 2000: Ork! (2000), a beer and pretzels RPG about playing orks.[2]: 370 Working at Wizards of the Coast, Pramas had inside information on the d20 license, and Green Ronin's lead d20 offering, Death in Freeport (2000) went on sale on August 10, 2000, the same day as the new third edition Player's Handbook (2000) for D&D.[2]: 370 In 2001, Green Ronin expanded beyond their early Freeport adventures and went into the business of publishing sourcebooks and other gaming material.[2]: 371 In March 2002, Pramas was laid off from Wizards of the Coast and took this as an opportunity to go full-time with Green Ronin, doubling the company's production that year.[2]: 371 Green Ronin's first new RPG was Spaceship Zero (2002); Toren Atkinson of the rock band The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets had contributed artwork to Ork! and Death in Freeport and asked Pramas to publish a game based on the band's album Spaceship Zero Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2000).[2]: 371 Green Ronin's other RPG of the year was Mutants & Masterminds (2002), created by Steve Kenson who Pramas had asked to design a new d20-based superhero RPG based on his freelance work on a number of superhero RPGs.[2]: 371 In 2003, former Pinnacle Entertainment Group graphic designer, art director and Deadlands RPG brand manager Hal Mangold joined as partner, and the company formally established itself as an LLC. Mangold was Green Ronin's primary graphic designer and art director on a freelance basis since soon after the company's founding, doing the layout and design for the majority of the company's print output. (Ork!, laid out by Nicole Lindroos, and the Mutants & Masterminds game line, handled by the Super Unicorn design studio, were notable exceptions.)
On May 12, 2010, Green Ronin Publishing announced a third edition of the superhero role-playing game Mutants & Masterminds would debut in the fall.[3] This announcement came just nine days after the publisher announced that it would debut a new DC Adventures game in August, based upon Mutants & Masterminds.[4] According to Green Ronin President Chris Pramas, the two new games will "share a common ruleset."[3]
In 2013, Green Ronin Publishing used crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to redesign and enlarge the Freeport campaign setting for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.[5]
The Spirosblaak (2005) setting from Green Ronin's Mythic Vistas series was supported by Misfit Studios.[2]: 372 They also created Fantasy AGE using the 'Adventure Game Engine' (source: [6])
Reception
Green Ronin Publishing won the 2003 Silver Ennie Award for "Best Publisher",[7] and again in 2004,[8] and the Gold for "Best Publisher" and Silver for "Fan's Choice for Best Publisher" in 2005,[9] and Gold for "Fan's Choice for Best Publisher" in 2006.[10]
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For the publisher of psychedelia see Ronin Publishing This article needs additional citations for verification Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Green Ronin Publishing news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message Green Ronin Publishing is an American company based in Seattle Washington Founded in 2000 by Chris Pramas and Nicole Lindroos they have published several role playing game related products They won several awards for their games including multiple Origins ENnie Pen amp Paper and Inquest Fan Awards Green Ronin PublishingPredecessorRonin PublishingFoundersChris Pramas and Nicole LindroosCountry of originUnited StatesHeadquarters locationSeattle WashingtonDistributionDiamond Book Distributors 1 Publication typesrole playing gamesOwner s Chris Pramas and Nicole LindroosNo of employees12Official websitegreenronin wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Games and products 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditIn early 1996 Chris Pramas acquired The Whispering Vault rights from Mike Nystul and formed Ronin Publishing with his brother Jason Pramas and their mutual friend Neal Darcy The company published two role playing game supplements The Book of Hunts 1997 for The Whispering Vault and Blood of the Valiant for Feng Shui Ronin Publishing came to an end when Chris Pramas went to work for Wizards of the Coast in 1998 2 369 Pramas founded Green Ronin Publishing with his wife Nicole Lindroos in 2000 2 370 Green Ronin published its first book in July 2000 Ork 2000 a beer and pretzels RPG about playing orks 2 370 Working at Wizards of the Coast Pramas had inside information on the d20 license and Green Ronin s lead d20 offering Death in Freeport 2000 went on sale on August 10 2000 the same day as the new third edition Player s Handbook 2000 for D amp D 2 370 In 2001 Green Ronin expanded beyond their early Freeport adventures and went into the business of publishing sourcebooks and other gaming material 2 371 In March 2002 Pramas was laid off from Wizards of the Coast and took this as an opportunity to go full time with Green Ronin doubling the company s production that year 2 371 Green Ronin s first new RPG was Spaceship Zero 2002 Toren Atkinson of the rock band The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets had contributed artwork to Ork and Death in Freeport and asked Pramas to publish a game based on the band s album Spaceship Zero Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2000 2 371 Green Ronin s other RPG of the year was Mutants amp Masterminds 2002 created by Steve Kenson who Pramas had asked to design a new d20 based superhero RPG based on his freelance work on a number of superhero RPGs 2 371 In 2003 former Pinnacle Entertainment Group graphic designer art director and Deadlands RPG brand manager Hal Mangold joined as partner and the company formally established itself as an LLC Mangold was Green Ronin s primary graphic designer and art director on a freelance basis since soon after the company s founding doing the layout and design for the majority of the company s print output Ork laid out by Nicole Lindroos and the Mutants amp Masterminds game line handled by the Super Unicorn design studio were notable exceptions On May 12 2010 Green Ronin Publishing announced a third edition of the superhero role playing game Mutants amp Masterminds would debut in the fall 3 This announcement came just nine days after the publisher announced that it would debut a new DC Adventures game in August based upon Mutants amp Masterminds 4 According to Green Ronin President Chris Pramas the two new games will share a common ruleset 3 In 2013 Green Ronin Publishing used crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to redesign and enlarge the Freeport campaign setting for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game 5 Games and products EditGreen Ronin wrote the second edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay which was published by Black Industries Other notable products include Freeport The City of Adventure Green Ronin s signature city setting and home to thousands of RPG campaigns since its launch in 2000 6 Thieves World and The Black Company d20 settings Mutants amp Masterminds Blue Rose and True20 Licensed products include the A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying game the Dragon Age roleplaying game and DC Adventures a licensed roleplaying game based on the characters and setting found in DC Comics The Spirosblaak 2005 setting from Green Ronin s Mythic Vistas series was supported by Misfit Studios 2 372 They also created Fantasy AGE using the Adventure Game Engine source 6 Reception EditGreen Ronin Publishing won the 2003 Silver Ennie Award for Best Publisher 7 and again in 2004 8 and the Gold for Best Publisher and Silver for Fan s Choice for Best Publisher in 2005 9 and Gold for Fan s Choice for Best Publisher in 2006 10 References Edit Our Publishers a b c d e f g h i Shannon Appelcline 2011 Designers amp Dragons Mongoose Publishing ISBN 978 1 907702 58 7 a b Green Ronin Web Team 2010 05 12 Green Ronin to Release Mutants amp Masterminds Third Edition Green Ronin Publishing Archived from the original on 2010 05 16 Retrieved 2010 05 14 Green Ronin Web Team 2010 05 03 Green Ronin to Release DC Adventures RPG Books Green Ronin Publishing Archived from the original on 2010 05 06 Retrieved 2010 05 14 Bonanno Janelle 28 March 2013 Put More Pirates in Your Pathfinder With Freeport The Escapist Retrieved 18 April 2015 Freeport The City of Adventure greenronin com Green Ronin Publishing The ENnie Awards 2003 Awards www ennie awards com Archived from the original on 17 August 2009 Retrieved 19 April 2022 The ENnie Awards 2004 Awards www ennie awards com Archived from the original on 17 August 2009 Retrieved 19 April 2022 The ENnie Awards 2005 Awards www ennie awards com Archived from the original on 3 August 2009 Retrieved 19 April 2022 The ENnie Awards 2006 Awards www ennie awards com Archived from the original on 20 July 2009 Retrieved 19 April 2022 6 https books google com books about Fantasy Age Basic Rulebook html id 5O6xAQAACAAJ amp source kp book descriptionExternal links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Green Ronin Publishing amp oldid 1117887100, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
