T. S. Luikart

Todd Steven Luikart (born 1971) is an American fantasy author, poet and roleplaying game designer.

T. S. Luikart
NationalityAmerican
OccupationGame designer

Personal life

TS Luikart was born in San Diego, California in 1971.[1] He attended the University of California, Santa Cruz, graduating with a B.A. in Literature in 1994.

Career

Roleplaying games

Game design work by Luikart for Green Ronin includes Red Star Campaign Setting, Skull & Bones, Mutants & Masterminds, and Dragon Age.[1] In 2015, Luikart joined the creative team of Cubicle 7.[2][3]

Among Luikart's oeuvre are the following games which he has either designed or contributed writing to:

From Black Industries, for the 2nd edition of the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay game;

  • Realms of Sorcery
  • Old World Bestiary
  • Terror in Talabheim

From Green Ronin Publishing, for the d20 system;

  • Skull and Bones
  • The Red Star Campaign Setting
  • Nocturnals: A Midnight Companion for the Mutants and Masterminds game system.

For Cubicle 7:

Luikart contributed to much of The One Ring Roleplaying Game and was one of the lead designers of The Adventures in Middle-Earth Roleplaying Game. TS helped design the 4th edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying, working on multiple titles of the line. TS is said to be one of the lead designers of the Warhammer Age of Sigmar Roleplaying Game, Soulbound.

Luikart also worked on the Underworld game, which is no longer in publication.

Poet and writer

His interests are primarily in the fantasy and science fiction genres in his larger works of fiction, though he is not limited to these genres. He has also been known to write poetry on a wide range of subjects. He has included a number of short stories in his RPG work (see links above) as well as publishing some short work online. He has additionally done some writing on the theory of roleplaying in Daedalus, an online journal.

Honors

Luikart was selected as an Industry Insider Guest of Honor for GenCon in 2012 alongside Gareth-Michael Skarka.[4][5][6][7]

References

  1. "Archived copy". gamershavenpodcast.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Cubicle 7 Expands Creative Team".
  3. Huss, Aaron T. "Renowned Games Designer TS Luikart Joins Cubicle 7". Roleplayers Chronicle. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  4. "Gen Con Industry Guests Announced". 19 April 2012.
  5. "Gen Con 2012 'Industry Insiders' Guest List Announced".
  6. "My Gen Con 2012 Schedule :: RyanMacklin.com". ryanmacklin.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16.
  7. "Adamant Entertainment » Blog Archive » GenCon Industry Insider Guests of Honor". www.adamantentertainment.com. Archived from the original on 2013-07-28.
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