American game designer
Christian Moore | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Game designer |
Christian Moore is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.
Christian Moore: Game Designer & Role-Playing Pioneer
Christian Moore is a renowned game designer known for his contributions to role-playing games. He co-founded Last Unicorn Games, where he designed the fantasy RPG 'Aria: Canticle of the Monomyth,' and later worked on 'Star Trek: The Next Generation Role-playing Game.' Moore's career has spanned multiple companies, including Wizards of the Coast and Upper Deck Company, leaving a lasting impact on the gaming industry.
Career
Christian Moore and Owen Seyler were recent college graduates rooming together in 1994 in Philadelphia. : 314 Moore was designing what began as a set of rules for a miniatures game, and formed the game company Last Unicorn Games with Seyler, Greg Ormand, and Bernie Cahill to publish the game. : 314 Instead of a miniatures game, the design by Moore eventually became a new role-playing game, Aria: Canticle of the Monomyth (1994), and was the initial fantasy game from Last Unicorn. : 314 Moore, Seyler, and new employee Ross Isaacs began the initial work to develop the "Icon" system for the Star Trek: The Next Generation Role-playing Game (1998). : 315 Moore was a long-time friend of Peter Adkison, and when Last Unicorn was having financial troubles, Wizards of the Coast purchased the company in July 2000. : 316 Moore still led Last Unicorn when Decipher, Inc. purchased the company in 2001. : 317 Moore aided George Vasilakos and M. Alexander Jurkat with the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Roleplaying Game (2002). : 342 Moore and Seyler later worked for Upper Deck Company. : 318