Ray Turney

Ray Turney
NationalityAmerican
OccupationGame designer

Ray Turney is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.

Career

Hendrik Jan Pfeiffer, Art Turney and Ray Turney originally planned to publish information on the fictional world of Glorantha from White Bear and Red Moon as a supplement for Dungeons & Dragons, but Greg Stafford wanted an original role-playing game created for Glorantha. Ideas for an original gaming system for Glorantha came about during a conversation between Steve Perrin, Steve Henderson and Warren James at a Greyhaven party, and they were soon joined by Ray Turney from the original team.[1]: 81 

Perrin and Turney designed RuneQuest which was published by Chaosium in 1978.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] The rules system for RuneQuest was created by Perrin, Turney, Henderson and James.[10] Chaosium considered publishing Arduin in 1976, but found the game too complex and derivative of Dungeons & Dragons, and according to author Stu Horvath in 2023 "it took a couple of years before designers Steve Perrin and Ray Turney struck upon the right formula for the RPG that would become RuneQuest. The result was a radical departure from RPG norms."[11]

Works

References

  1. ^ Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  2. ^ Costikyan, Greg (April 1980). "Games fen will play". Fantastic. Vol. 27, no. 9. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ Johnson, Forrest (January 1981). "Capsule Reviews: RuneQuest". The Space Gamer. No. 35. p. 24. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ Holmes, John Eric (1981). Fantasy Role Playing Games: Dungeons, Dragons, and Adventures in Fantasy Gaming. London: Arms and Armour Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-85368-158-8. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Plamondon, Robert (2008) [1982]. Through Dungeons Deep: A Fantasy Gamers' Handbook. Blodgett, Oregon: Norton Creek Press. p. 294. ISBN 978-0-9721770-7-8. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  6. ^ Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-playing Games. Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books. pp. 27. ISBN 0-87975-652-7. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ^ Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-playing Games. Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books. pp. 208. ISBN 0-87975-652-7. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ^ Brown, Timothy; Lee, Tony (1998). Official Price Guide to Role Playing Games. New York: House of Collectibles. Ballantine Publishing Group. pp. 347–348. ISBN 0-676-60144-8. ISSN 1520-4537. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Internet Archive.
  9. ^ Pringle, David, ed. (2021). The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy: The Definitive Illustrated Guide. London: Welbeck Publishing Group. p. 254. ISBN 978-1-78739-320-2. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Teverbaugh, Rick (1980-11-23). "Fantastic Fantasy: Role Playing Games Among Top Leisure Activities of the '80s". The Star Press. Archived from the original on 2023-10-17. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Horvath, Stu (2023). Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground, Deluxe Edition: A Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying Games from D&D to Mothership. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-262-04823-1. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-playing Games. Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books. pp. 210. ISBN 0-87975-652-7. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Internet Archive.
  13. ^ Brown, Timothy; Lee, Tony (1998). Official Price Guide to Role Playing Games. New York: House of Collectibles. Ballantine Publishing Group. pp. 350. ISBN 0-676-60144-8. ISSN 1520-4537. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Internet Archive.
  14. ^ Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-playing Games. Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books. pp. 214. ISBN 0-87975-652-7. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Internet Archive.
  15. ^ Brown, Timothy; Lee, Tony (1998). Official Price Guide to Role Playing Games. New York: House of Collectibles. Ballantine Publishing Group. pp. 355. ISBN 0-676-60144-8. ISSN 1520-4537. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Internet Archive.
  16. ^ a b Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-playing Games. Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books. pp. 212. ISBN 0-87975-652-7. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Internet Archive.
  17. ^ Brown, Timothy; Lee, Tony (1998). Official Price Guide to Role Playing Games. New York: House of Collectibles. Ballantine Publishing Group. pp. 353. ISBN 0-676-60144-8. ISSN 1520-4537. Retrieved 2023-10-17 – via Internet Archive.