Ross Watson

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About Ross Watson

Ross Watson is an Origins-award winning Writer and Game Designer with over two decades of experience in crafting immersive stories, creating memorable characters, and designing worlds for roleplaying games. He has worked on numerous high-profile titles for game lines including Darksiders II, Warhammer Roleplay, Star Wars: Edge of the Empire, and Savage Worlds. He was the lead designer for several tabletop RPG game lines, including Rogue Trader, Deathwatch, and Wrath & Glory. Ross is a published author, with work featured in short story anthologies and dozens of tabletop supplements/rulebooks. Highly experienced in key creative roles on multiple types of games (PC, Console, Tabletop, Miniature Wargame, Card and Board games). Lead Designer for the top-selling tabletop RPG line for over 5 consecutive years. Won multiple industry awards for writing, game design, and production values. Helmed dozens of projects from initial vision to successful launch. Expert on crowd-funding with a proven track record of Kickstarter projects. Subject-matter expert on IPs such as: Star Trek, Star Wars, The Lord of The Rings, Dungeons & Dragons, Warhammer, Warhammer Shadowrun, Battletech, DC and Marvel comics.Expertise: game design, game development, writing and design for critical characters and quests, plan and pitch storylines, narrative consistency, collaborate with design and art, write art orders, narrative vision holder, branching narrative, compelling dialogue, consistent tone, review and edit, game and character arcs, studio and team culture