Joshua A.C. Newman
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Joshua A.C. Newman is an American role-playing game designer.
Career
Newman is the designer of the Indie role-playing games Under the Bed (2005), Shock: Social Science Fiction (2006), Beowulf (2008), Shock: Human Contact (2010), and The Bloody-Handed Name of Bronze (2016).
In 2012, Joshua A.C. Newman worked with Vincent Baker on a new version of the Mechaton rules as Mobile Frame Zero 001: Rapid Attack (2012), and Newman was able to use this for a successful Kickstarter.{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons: The '00s|publisher=Evil Hat Productions|year=2014| isbn=978-1-61317-087-8|pages=186}} Rapid Attack was followed by Mobile Frame Zero 002: Intercept Orbit, a carrier-based spaceship battle game in the same universe.
Roleplaying bibliography
- Under the Bed
- Shock: Social Science Fiction
- Shock: Human Contact
- Beowulf
Newman has also contributed to the book design of several other indie roleplaying games.
- Dogs in the Vineyard
- The Mountain Witch
- Bliss Stage
- Misspent Youth
References
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Category:Indie role-playing game designers
Category:People from Northampton, Massachusetts
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