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Seth Johnson I N K S L I N G E R GAME DESIGNER -- WRITER

Curriculum Vitae August 2012

Game Design – Writing - Game Playtesting and Development –Copywriting - Editing - Multimedia Note: This document only contains a listing of projects announced to the public as of the date above.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Developing the miniatures game HeroClix (2005-present), creating dozens of expansions and hundreds of figures that incorporate a wide array of genres and licenses into a single coherent game.

• Designing the family board game Double Double Dominoes.

• Writing the children’s novel Nanovor: Prank Week.

• Working with many major licenses including DC Comics, , , Halo, Gears of War, Assassin’s Creed, Dragonlance, and World of Warcraft

• Winning the ENnie Gold Award for Best Monster/Adversary Book (DC Adventures: Heroes and Villains: Volume 1) and the Origin Award for Best Roleplaying Supplement (Redhurst Academy of Magic)

• Creating board games, role playing games, miniatures games, card games, iOS games, 360 games, Playstation 2 games, handheld electronic games...

• Writing novels, short stories, newspaper articles, magazine stories, online pieces and more.

A full listing of all projects I’ve contributed to follows.

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Game Design

• HeroClix (WizKids Games; Lead Designer, 2005-2008; Senior Contributing Designer, 2008- present) o Streets of Gotham HeroClix (2012) o HeroClix (2012) o Assassin’s Creed HeroClix (2012) o The Dark Knight Rises: Fast Forces (2012) o The Dark Knight Rises HeroClix (2012) o Star Trek Tactics: Away Team (2012) o Star Trek Tactics HeroClix (2012) o Lord of the Rings HeroClix Epic Campaign Box (2011) o Lord of the Rings HeroClix (2011) o Gears of War HeroClix (2011) o Halo HeroClix (2011) o Marvel HeroClix: Giant-Sized X-Men Wave 2 (2011; Toys R US Exclusive) o Marvel HeroClix: Giant-Sized X-Men Wave 1 (2010; Toys R US Exclusive) o HeroClix: Watchmen (2010) o HeroClix: Watchmen: Colossal Dr. Manhattan (2010) o DC HeroClix: Brave and the Bold (2010) o Marvel HeroClix: Armor Wars Battle Pack (2010) o DC HeroClix Classics: Batman Battle Pack (2010) o DC HeroClix Classics: Spider-Man Battle Pack (2010) o Marvel HeroClix: Hammer of (2010) o Marvel HeroClix: "" (2010) o DC HeroClix: (2008) o DC HeroClix: "The Asylum" (2008) o Marvel HeroClix: (2008) o DC HeroClix: Batman: Alpha (2008) o Marvel HeroClix: Starter Game (2008) o DC HeroClix: Anti-Monitor: Guardian of Fear (2008) o DC HeroClix: "Dawn of Time/Time Zones" (2008) o DC HeroClix: Crisis (2008) o DC HeroClix: The Anti-Monitor Action Pack (2008) o Marvel HeroClix: “The Arena” (2007) o Marvel HeroClix: Mutations and Monsters (2007) o DC HeroClix: “The Harbor” (2007) o DC HeroClix: the Star Conqueror (2007) o DC HeroClix: “The Bank” (2007) o DC HeroClix: (2007) o Marvel HeroClix: , Eater of Worlds (2007) o HeroClix / HorrorClix: “Stephens Bros. Carnival” (2007) o Marvel HeroClix: The Mighty Thor (2007) o DC HeroClix: The Dark Knight (2007) o HeroClix / HorrorClix: “Castle Ruins” (2007) o Marvel HeroClix: (2007) o DC HeroClix: of Super Heroes Starter Game (2007) o Marvel HeroClix: (2007) o HeroClix: “JSA Museum” (2007) o DC HeroClix: Origin (2007) o Dark Horse HeroClix / HorrorClix: and the BPRD (2007) o Marvel HeroClix: 2099 (2006) o HeroClix: “Deep Space” (2006)

Seth Johnson - Curriculum Vitae – [email protected] Page 2 of 7 o Marvel HeroClix: Supernova (2006) o Marvel HeroClix: Action Pack (2006) o Image HeroClix: Invincible (2006) o DC HeroClix: The Corps (2006) o HeroClix, “The Prison” (2006) o Marvel HeroClix: Sinister (2006) o Marvel HeroClix: Game (2006) o DC HeroClix: The Spectre (2006) o DC HeroClix: Giants (2006) o HeroClix, “The Junkyard” (2006) o DC HeroClix: Collateral Damage (2006) o HeroClix: City of Heroes (2005, NCSoft/WizKids Games) o HeroClix: City of Villains (2005, NCSoft/WizKids Games) o HeroClix, “The Lab” (2005) o Marvel HeroClix: Armor Wars (2005) o DC HeroClix: Icons (co-designer) (2005)

• Nanovor (Smith & Tinker; Game Systems and Content Design Lead, 2008-2010) o Nanovor: Nanoscope (handheld device; 2009) o Nanovor: Online Battle Game (2009) o Nanovor: Internet Action Game (2008) o Nanovor: Sensei Taslos Solo Pack (2010) o Nanovor: Sensei Vishaya Solo Pack (2010) o Nanovor Solo Training Pack (2009) o Firewall Training Minigame (2009) o Circuit Jumper Training Minigame (2009) o Nanokata Training Minigame (2009)

• HorrorClix (WizKids Games; Lead Designer, 2006; Contibuting Designer, 2005-2007) o HorrorClix: Freakshow (design concepts) (2007, WizKids Games) o HorrorClix: “Sated” (Scrye Magazine, April 2007) o HeroClix / HorrorClix: “Stephens Bros. Carnival” (2007, WizKids Games) o HorrorClix: Vlad the Impaler (2007, WizKids Games) o HeroClix / HorrorClix: “Castle Ruins” (2007, WizKids Games) o Horror Clix: AVP: Predators (2007, WizKids Games) o Dark Horse HeroClix / HorrorClix: Hellboy and the BPRD (2007, WizKids Games) o Horror Clix: AVP: Aliens (2006, WizKids Games) o HorrorClix: The Lab (design lead) (2006, WizKids Games) o HorrorClix: The Great Cthulhu (additional design) (2006, WizKids Games) o HorrorClix (additional design) (2006, WizKids Games)

• Mage Knight (WizKids Games; Lead Designer, 2004-2005) o MageKnight: Nexus (2005, WizKids Games) o MageKnight: The Dragon (2005, WizKids Games) o Mage Knight: Omens (2005, WizKids Games)

• Old School Hats (contributor, 2012, Subversive Puppet Show) • Operation: Eradication (designer, 2012, Hare Brained Schemes / Gates Foundation / Centers for Disease Control) • Double Double Dominoes (board game design, 2012, Calliope Games) • DC Adventures RPG: Universe (author, 2013, Green Ronin Publishing) • DC Adventures RPG: Heroes and Villains, Volume 2 (co-author, 2012, Green Ronin Publishing) • Mutants and Masterminds: The Heroes' Journey: Chapter 3: "Power Play" (author, 2011, Green Ronin Publishing) • Do: The Book of Letters (contributor, 2011, Evil Hat Productions)

Seth Johnson - Curriculum Vitae – [email protected] Page 3 of 7 • DC Adventures RPG: Heroes and Villains, Volume 1 (co-author, 2011, Green Ronin Publishing) • DC Adventures RPG (contributor, 2010, Green Ronin Publishing) • Halo ActionClix (additional design; 2008, WizKids Games) • Mutants and Masterminds: The Iron Age (co-author) (2007, Green Ronin Publishing) • Star Wars PocketModel TCG (additional design; WizKids Games, 2007) • Pirates of the Mysterious Isles (writing and design assist) (2006, WizKids Games) • Pirates: Quest for Davy Jones Gold (additional design) (2006, WizKids Games) • Etherscope: The Great Metropolis (2006, Goodman Games) • Battlestar Galactica (additional design) (2006, WizKids Games) • Prey (design assist) (2006, Human Head Studios) • Dragonlance: Legends of the Twins (co-author) (2006, Sovereign Press) • “The Quarter”, Beyond the : Shadows of the Big Easy (2005 Hurricane Katrina relief book) • Advanced Race Codex: Gnomes (co-author) (2005, Green Ronin Publishing) • Lord of the Rings Constructible Strategy Game (additional design; unreleased; WizKids Games) • World of Warcraft RPG (co-author) (2005, Blizzard Entertainment / Sword & Sorcery Studios) • "Frosty the Snowminion" 2005 holiday gift, WizKids Games • Dracula’s Revenge: The Halloween Scenarios, Part I (2004, Human Head Studios) • Dracula’s Revenge: The Halloween Scenarios, Part II (2004, Human Head Studios) • Warcraft: Shadows and Light (co-author) (2004, Blizzard Entertainment / Sword & Sorcery Studios) • Dawnforge: Age of Legend (co-author) (2004, Fantasy Flight Games) • Warcraft: Lands of Conflict (co-author) (2004, Blizzard Entertainment / Sword & Sorcery Studios) • Warcraft: Magic and Mayhem (co-author) (2004, Blizzard Entertainment / Sword & Sorcery Studios) • Warcraft: Alliance and Horde Compendium (co-author) (2003, Blizzard Entertainment / Sword & Sorcery Studios) • Dead Man's Hand (design assist) (2003, Human Head Studios) • Kingdom of the Sword and Stars, sourcebook for the Sovereign Stone RPG (2003, Sovereign Press) • The Redhurst Academy of Magic Student Handbook (co-author) (2003, Human Head Studios; 2004 Origins Award winner, Best RPG Supplement) • " of Pagelus", prestige class, Campaign Magazine #7 (2003, Fast Forward Entertainment) • Warcraft Roleplaying Game Player's Handbook (co-author) (2003, Blizzard Entertainment / Sword & Sorcery Studios) • "Totem Warrior" prestige class, Campaign Magazine #6 (2003, 2002, Fast Forward Entertainment) • "Fallen Heroes", Campaign Magazine #5 (December 2002, Fast Forward Entertainment) • "Jet Set" campaign setting (with Karl Emerson), Campaign Magazine #3 (March 2002, Fast Forward Entertainment) • "Casefiles: Espionage Adventure Ideas", Campaign Magazine #3 (March 2002, Fast Forward Entertainment) • "Cult Leader" prestige class, Campaign Magazine #2 (December 2001, Corsair Publishing) • "Company of the Golden Sword" campaign setting, Campaign Magazine #1 (August 2001, Corsair Publishing) • Rune: Viking Warlord (design assist) (October 2001, Human Head Studios) • Rune: Halls of Valhalla (design assist) (March 2001, Human Head Studios) • Sketch! Adventure Game (with Brian Schomburg) (Corsair Publishing, 2000) • "Unsummon Con Geek", InQuest Gamer, 1999 • "Legends: Lara Croft", InQuest Gamer, 1999 • "The Metropolis Armory", The Metropolis Sourcebook for The DC Universe Roleplaying Game (November 1999, West End Games)

Seth Johnson - Curriculum Vitae – [email protected] Page 4 of 7 • Mythic Monsters (co-author), supplement to The Hercules & Xena Roleplaying Game (1998, West End Games, unpublished) • Ancient Powers (co-author), supplement to The Hercules & Xena Roleplaying Game (1998, West End Games, unpublished)

Writing • QONQR (world and character development, 2011, QONQR.com) • Vampires: The Marvel Undead (co-author, 2011, Marvel Comics) • Crusaders (co-creator, ongoing) • Crimson: Steam Pirates (world and character development, 2011, Bungie Aerospace) • Lost Souls series (plot assist and online Alternate Reality Game material, 2B Books, 2010) • Family Games: The 100 Best (contributing writer; Green Ronin, 2010) • Nanovor: Prank Week (novel, Running Press, 2010) • Nanovor: Game Day (graphic novel: plot; IDW Publishing, 2009) • Nanovor: Welcome to the Nanosphere (Running Press, 2009) • Nanovor: Season 1, Episode 10 (animated series, 2010, Smith and Tinker) • Pirates of the Spanish Main (fiction) WizKids Games (2008) • “A History of the Iron Age”, Mutants and Masterminds: The Iron Age (Green Ronin Publishing, October 2007) • HorrorClix: The Lab (fiction), WizKids Games (October 2006) • Pirates of the Mysterious Isles (fiction), WizKids Games (October 2006) • Designer previews and spotlight articles for WizKids Games’ HeroClix website (2005-2008) • “Mage Knight: Omens: Designer Preview”, Scrye Magazine (February 2005) • Daily “Scrying ” short fiction on WizKids Games’ Mage Knight website (June 2004- March 2005) • Short fiction for Blizzard Entertainment and Sword & Sorcery Studios (in Warcraft RPG products) • Concept work and story (with DMH team), dialogue, manual, and additional writing for Dead Man's Hand (Xbox/PC, 2004, Human Head Studios) • Dialogue script and addition writing for Rune (PC, October 2000, Human Head Studios) and Rune: Viking Warlord (Playstation 2, October 2002, Human Head Studios) • Fiction and manuals for Human Head Studios games Rune (PC, October 2000), Rune: Halls of Valhalla (PC, March 2002), and Rune: Viking Warlord (Playstation 2, October 2002) • "Comics 2000", The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourteenth Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (St. Martin's Press, July 2001) • "Comics 1999", The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Thirteenth Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (St. Martin's Press, July 2000) • Contributing writer, WisPolitics political news service (online, 1999-2000) • "Comics 1998", The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (St. Martin's Press, August 1999) • "Comics 1997", The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eleventh Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (St. Martin's Press, July 1998) • "Comics 1996", The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Tenth Annual Collection, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (St. Martin's Press, July 1997) • Game reviews, Games Unplugged Magazine (1999-2000, Dynasty Publications) • Contributing writer, WriteSource 2000 (1999, 2000, Houghton-Mifflin Educational) • Book reviews for the Madison, WI Capital Times and Badger Herald (1994-present) • Nonrequired Reading, 42-installment weekly column on books and reading (1995-1996, UW- Madison Badger Herald, circ. 50,000) • Movie reviews, music reviews, and other assorted entertainment writing for the Badger Herald (1994-1996)

Game Playtesting and Development

Seth Johnson - Curriculum Vitae – [email protected] Page 5 of 7 • Crimson: Steam Pirates (Bungie Aerospace, 2011) • Dragon Age RPG (Green Ronin, 2010) • Star Wars PocketModel TCG (WizKids Games, 2007) • ToonClix (WizKids Games, 2006; unlreleased) • Pirates of the Mysterious Isles (WizKids Games, 2006) • Pirates: Quest for Davy Jones’ Gold (WizKids Games, 2006) • Battlestar Galactica Collectible Card Game (multiple releases, WizKids Games, 2006-present) • HorrorClix (multiple releases, WizKids Games, 2006-present) • NASCAR: Race Day (WizKids Games, 2005) • Rocketman (WizKids Games, 2005) • Xypods (WizKids Games, 2005) • Lord of the Rings CSG (WizKids Games, 2005; unreleased) • HeroClix line (multiple expansions, WizKids Games, 2004-present) • Mage Knight line (multiple expansions, WizKids Games, 2004-2005) • Pirates of the Crimson Coast (WizKids Games, 2005) • Pirates of the Spanish Main (WizKids Games, 2004) • Age of Conquest (board game, 2004, Human Head Studios) • Gothica: Dracula's Revenge (board game, 2004, Human Head Studios) • Prey (PC/Xbox, Human Head Studios) • Dead Man's Hand (internal test lead) (PC/Xbox, 2003, Human Head Studios) • Headed playtesting program for Rune: Halls of Valhalla (PC/Mac/, March 2001, Human Head Studios) and Rune: Viking Warlord (Playstation 2 game, August 2001, Human Head Studios) • Rune (PC/Mac/Linux, October 2000, Human Head Studios) • Rune Roleplaying Game (August 2001, Atlas Games) • Trinity (1998, White Wolf Studios) • Sovereign Stone RPG (August 1999, Sovereign Press) • The World of Tank Girl (February 1995, West End Games) • Scary Things That Go Bump in the Night: The T.W.E.R.P.S. Horror Supplement (1991, Reindeer Games)

Copywriting • Miscellaneous copy and copy assists for WizKids Games advertising and products (2004-present) • More than 100 pieces of copy for Tor Books and Books titles (1996-2000) including: o Catalog copy, hardcover jacket copy, and mass-market paperback cover copy for the New York Times-bestselling Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind including Stone of Tears (August 1996, Tor), Blood of the Fold (November 1996, Tor), and Temple of the Winds ( September 1997, Tor) o Catalog copy for the Hugo Award-winning novel A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge (February 1999, Tor) o Catalog and cover copy for the trade paperback omnibus The Callahan Chronicals (sic) by Spider Robinson (October 1997, Tor) o Catalog copy, hardcover jacket copy, mass-market paperback copy, and bound galley copy for by Robert Reed (August 1999, Tor) o Catalog copy and jacket copy for the hardcover edition of World Order by Andrew Goliszek (February 1998, Forge.) o Catalog and hardcover jacket copy for Chasing Science by Frederik Pohl (March 2000, Tor) o Mass-market paperback copy for Echoes in Time by Andre Norton and Sherwood Smith (October 1999, Tor) o Hardcover jacket copy, mass-market paperback copy, and catalog copy for The Other End of Time (October 1996, Tor), The Siege of Eternity (November 1997, Tor), The Far Shore of Time (July 1999, Tor), and O Pioneer! (May 1998, Tor) by Frederik Pohl

Seth Johnson - Curriculum Vitae – [email protected] Page 6 of 7 o Catalog, hardcover jacket copy and mass-market paperback copy for The Faces of Fantasy by Patti Perret (October 1996, Tor) • Cover and catalog copy for Corsair Publishing (1998-2001) for titles including Dragon Hordes, Dork Tower, Sketch! and Campaign Magazine. • Catalog and cover copy for Lowell House's Bangs and Whimpers and Technohorror (October 1999) • Advertising and catalog copy for Sovereign Press' Larry Elmore's Sovereign Stone • Advertising copy for Carroll & Graf Publishers appearing in The New York Times Book Review and Mystery Scene.

Editing • Continuity manager, Mage Knight universe, WizKids Games (2004-2005) o Maintained continuity across core in-house products and licensed products • The Redhurst Academy of Magic Student Handbook (co-editor) (2003, Human Head Studios) • Editorial Assistant for Tor Books (1995-2000). Editorial highlights include: o Direction assistance and multiple editorial passes on Marrow by Robert Reed (August 1999, Tor) o First-pass editorial reading on Hugo Award-winning novel A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge (February 1999, Tor) o Editorial pass, provided initial cover concept, and assisted in artist selection for O Pioneer! by Frederik Pohl (May 1998, Tor) o Editorial pass on The Far Shore of Time by Frederik Pohl (July 1999, Tor) o Editorial pass on The Silicon Dagger by Jack Williamson (April 1999, Tor) o Proofreading Ace mmpb editions of Callahan's Crosstime Saloon, Time Travellers Strictly Cash, and Callahan’s Secret by Spider Robinson in preperation for compilation by Tor Books into the omnibus The Callahan Chronicals (sic) (October 1997, Tor) o Proofreading hardcover edition of The Other End of Time by Frederik Pohl for shooting down to mmpb edition (July 1997, Tor) o Proofread hardcover edition of The Siege of Eternity by Frederik Pohl for shooting down to mmpb edition (October 1998, Tor)

Multimedia • Articles and online content for WizKids website, 2004-present • Website design and content creation for HEADQUARTERS, 2003-2004 • Design and daily content creation for personal website, Ober Dicta, 2001- 2006 o Noted by MSNBC and Slate for coverage of Columbia disaster, February 2003 • Writing for updates to Human Head Studios website, 2000-2002 • Website design and copywriting for WisPolitics.com, 1999-2001 • Online writing for Tor Books, Corsair Publishing and Sovereign Press (material no longer online)

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