Gunilla Jonsson and Michael Petersén explained

Gunilla Jonsson and Michael Petersén are Swedish writers and designers of role-playing games. They wrote the Mutant and KULT games while working for Äventyrsspel (Target Games) in the 1980s. They helmed their own game company, Ragnarök Speldesign, for a few years in the late 1980s.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Personal life

Jonsson and Petersén ended up in the same group of role-players in 1981. They are married, and both work at the SF-Bokhandeln bookstore in Stockholm.^[2] They write for Perilous Worlds.^[7]

Awards

• Rollspelsdraken 2012^[2]
• The ESFS Chrysalis Awards (Sweden) 2019 ^{[8] [9]}

Works

• Mutant (rpg, 1984, Äventyrsspel)
• KULT (rpg, 1991, Äventyrsspel)
  • Mörkrets Legioner, Den Svarta Madonnan, Fallna Änglar, Tarotikum
• Writing credits on games Sagan om Ringen (Swedish translation of MERP) and Western Rollspelet
• several scenarios for Drakar och Demoner, Chock (Swedish translation of Chill) and Mutant (1984 and 1991 versions), including Spökgeneralen and Uppdrag i Mos Mosel
• En Garde! (rpg, 1987, Ragnarök Speldesign)
• Skuggornas Mästare (rpg, 1988, Ragnarök Speldesign)
• Döden är bara början and De levande döda (novels, 2018/2020, Free League Publishing)

References

• Review of "Mot andra världar" (Towards other worlds) (in Swedish), a Swedish-language documentary of the Swedish TTRPG scene featuring Jonsson and Petersén discussing their creation of KULT and the moral panic surrounding the game

Notes and References

1. https://archive.today/20150917151637/http://www.rollspelsakademien.com/utgivare_18.aspx Rollspelsakademien: Ragnarök Speldesign
2. https://frialigan.se/sv/authors/gunilla-jonsson-michael-petersen/
3. Book: Shannon Appelcline. Designers & Dragons: The '90s. Evil Hat Productions. 2014. 978-1-61317-084-7.
4. http://speltidningen.se/artiklar/pdf/kult.pdf Speltidningen.se
5. Web site: Gunilla Jonsson & Michael Petersén-arkiv - Nordsken 2019 - Nordsken 2019 . 2019-10-08 . 2019-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191008205710/https://nordsken.se/en/speakers/gunillamichael-en/ . dead .
6. https://eloso.se/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/eloso-pressrelase-call-of-cthulhu-181031.pdf
7. Web site: Perilous Worlds.
8. The European Science Fiction Society's Awards for 2019. Wired. Sterling. Bruce.
9. Web site: ESFS Awards 2019 – European Science Fiction Society.