

Mongoose Publishing's games continue to provide gamers with fantastic worlds in which to immerse themselves, and the company has become a recognised force in the world of hobby games. Mongoose's largest licenced roleplaying game, Traveller, brings back the classic science fiction roleplaying game.

Further licensed products followed with roleplaying games based on Slaine, Babylon 5, Conan, Lone Wolf, Sea of Thieves, Paranoia and Runequest. Mongoose has earned a reputation for producing quality licensed products to sit alongside their generic fantasy ranges and their first licensed book, the Judge Dredd roleplaying game, proved to be an instant hit. Subsequent product lines followed in rapid succession with the release of the Encyclopaedia Arcane, Travellers Tales, Quintessential and Cities of Fantasy series of books. Initially concentrating on d20 based products, Mongoose Publishing's first book was the Slayers Guide to Hobgoblins, part of the Slayers Guide series of books. Chris is a fellow Full Sail University of Alumni with over 15 years of game design and engineering experience having worked on Midnight Club LA & Red Dead Redemption at Rockstar San Diego and Carnage Racing at Tiny Giant on Mobile, to his last game Moss 1 & 2.Based in Swindon, UK, Mongoose Publishing was founded in 2001 and within 6 months became the UK’s largest publisher of roleplaying games. Episode 30 features Chris Bourassa, a Design Director at Polyarc working out of Seattle. Hi everyone This interview about game design with Chris Bourassa, Founder of Red Hook and creator of Darkest Dungeon, has its questions based on the knowledge gathered in Disempowering fantasies and Emotional engagement in Darkest Dungeon.
