Nicole Lindroos | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Game designer |
Nicole Lindroos is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.
Nicole Lindroos: A Game Designer's Journey
Nicole Lindroos is a veteran game designer with a long and successful career spanning multiple companies and genres. From her early days at Lion Rampant and White Wolf to co-founding Green Ronin Publishing, Lindroos has made significant contributions to the role-playing game industry.
Career
After twice applying to culinary school, Nicole Lindroos entered the game industry in 1989. Lindroos was one of the Minnesota locals who joined Lion Rampant after the company was started. : 232 Lindroos joined White Wolf Publishing when the two companies merged in 1990. : 216 Lindroos left White Wolf in 1991 and returned to Minnesota, where she took a job at Atlas Games, : 217 formed by John Nephew with assistance from other former Lion Rampant employees such as Lindroos and Darin "Woody" Eblom. : 252 Lindroos later played a sample copy of Once Upon a Time by James Wallis at Gen Con 24, and thanks to her input the game was published by Atlas Games in 1993, : 304 and remained in print with Atlas through various editions. Lindroos became a freelancer, writing an adventure for Jonathan Tweet's Everway, and also co-founded the magazine Adventures Unlimited (1995-1996), the first issue of which contained adventures for games she had previously been involved with, including Ars Magica, Vampire: The Masquerade, and Over the Edge. : 236 Lindroos and her husband Chris Pramas formed Green Ronin Publishing in 2000. : 236, 370 Pramas and Lindroos brought on Hal Mangold as the third member of the Green Ronin team by 2001. : 370 Green Ronin was incorporated as an LLC in 2004, with Pramas, Lindroos, and Mangold as the three partners. : 373
Lindroos has volunteered on the board of directors of the Game Manufacturer's Association, the Origins Awards committee, and as the chairman of the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design.
Lindroos lives in Seattle with her husband Chris and daughter Katherine.