Kerry David Miles Lloyd (September 29, 1941 – August 27, 1988) was a game designer who worked primarily on role-playing games.
Kerry Lloyd | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 29, 1941[1] |
| Died | August 27, 1988 (aged 46) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Game designer |
Career
editKerry Lloyd wrote his first published work, the fantasy role-playing game adventure The Mines of Keridav (1979), which was published through Maryland game company Phoenix Games.[2]: 129 Phoenix Games went out of business before publishing the sequel The Demon Pits of Caeldo, so Lloyd formed the game company Gamelords in Gaithersburg, Maryland with friends Richard Meyer, Janet Trautvetter, and Michael Watkins.[2]: 129–130 Lloyd co-designed the role-playing game Thieves' Guild with Meyer and Watkins, which was published in 1980 by Gamelords.[3] Gamelords reprinted The Mines of Keridav in 1983 and finally published The Demon Pits of Caeldo in that same year as well.[2]: 131
Kerry Lloyd died on August 27, 1988.[2]: 132
References
edit- ^ "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J24F-S2Z : accessed 04 Dec 2014), K D Lloyd, Aug 1988; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
- ^ a b c d Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
- ^ Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 221. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.