Ray Turney Explained

Ray Turney
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Game designer

Ray Turney is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.

Career

Hendrik Jan Pfeiffer, Art Turney and Ray Turney originally planned to publish information on the fictional world of Glorantha from White Bear and Red Moon as a supplement for Dungeons & Dragons, but Greg Stafford wanted an original role-playing game created for Glorantha. Ideas for an original gaming system for Glorantha came about during a conversation between Steve Perrin, Steve Henderson and Warren James at a Greyhaven party, and they were soon joined by Ray Turney from the original team.^[1]

Perrin and Turney designed RuneQuest which was published by Chaosium in 1978.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]} The rules system for RuneQuest was created by Perrin, Turney, Henderson and James.^[10] Chaosium considered publishing Arduin in 1976, but found the game too complex and derivative of Dungeons & Dragons, and according to author Stu Horvath in 2023 "it took a couple of years before designers Steve Perrin and Ray Turney struck upon the right formula for the RPG that would become RuneQuest. The result was a radical departure from RPG norms."^[11]

Works

• Creatures of Chaos 1: Scorpion Men & Broos (1978)^{[12] [13]}
• Trolls & Trollkin (1978)^{[14] [15]}
• Militia & Mercenaries (1979)^{[16] [17]}
• RuneQuest Monsters (1987)^[16]

External links

• Web site: Ray Turney :: Pen & Paper RPG Database. January 18, 2005 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20050118070045/http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=6459.

Notes and References

1. Book: Shannon Appelcline. Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. 2011. 978-1-907702-58-7.
2. Costikyan . Greg . Greg Costikyan . April 1980 . Games fen will play . . . 27 . 9 . 2023-10-17 .
3. Johnson . Forrest . January 1981 . Capsule Reviews: RuneQuest . . . 35 . 24 . 2023-10-17 .
4. Book: Holmes, John Eric . John Eric Holmes . 1981 . Fantasy Role Playing Games: Dungeons, Dragons, and Adventures in Fantasy Gaming . London . . . 118 . 978-0-85368-158-8 . 2023-10-17 .
5. Book: Plamondon, Robert . 1982 . 2008 . Through Dungeons Deep: A Fantasy Gamers' Handbook . Blodgett, Oregon . Norton Creek Press . 294 . 978-0-9721770-7-8 . 2023-10-17 .
6. Book: Schick, Lawrence . Lawrence Schick

   . Lawrence Schick . 1991 . Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-playing Games . Buffalo, New York . . . 27 . 0-87975-652-7 . 2023-10-17 .

7. Book: Schick, Lawrence . Lawrence Schick

   . Lawrence Schick . 1991 . Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-playing Games . Buffalo, New York . . . 208 . 0-87975-652-7 . 2023-10-17 .

8. Book: Brown . Timothy . Lee . Tony . 1998 . Official Price Guide to Role Playing Games . New York . . . 347–348 . 0-676-60144-8 . 1520-4537 . 2023-10-17 .
9. Book: Pringle . David . David Pringle . 2021 . The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy: The Definitive Illustrated Guide . London . . . 254 . 978-1-78739-320-2 . 2023-10-17 .
10. News: Teverbaugh . Rick . 1980-11-23 . Fantastic Fantasy: Role Playing Games Among Top Leisure Activities of the '80s . . . 2023-10-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231017054408/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-press/133583420/ . 2023-10-17 .
11. Book: Horvath, Stu . 2023 . Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground, Deluxe Edition: A Guide to Tabletop Roleplaying Games from D&D to Mothership . Cambridge, Massachusetts . . . 39 . 978-0-262-04823-1 . 2023-10-17 .
12. Book: Schick, Lawrence . Lawrence Schick

    . Lawrence Schick . 1991 . Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-playing Games . Buffalo, New York . . . 210 . 0-87975-652-7 . 2023-10-17 .

13. Book: Brown . Timothy . Lee . Tony . 1998 . Official Price Guide to Role Playing Games . New York . . . 350 . 0-676-60144-8 . 1520-4537 . 2023-10-17 .
14. Book: Schick, Lawrence . Lawrence Schick

    . Lawrence Schick . 1991 . Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-playing Games . Buffalo, New York . . . 214 . 0-87975-652-7 . 2023-10-17 .

15. Book: Brown . Timothy . Lee . Tony . 1998 . Official Price Guide to Role Playing Games . New York . . . 355 . 0-676-60144-8 . 1520-4537 . 2023-10-17 .
16. Book: Schick, Lawrence . Lawrence Schick

    . Lawrence Schick . 1991 . Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-playing Games . Buffalo, New York . . . 212 . 0-87975-652-7 . 2023-10-17 .

17. Book: Brown . Timothy . Lee . Tony . 1998 . Official Price Guide to Role Playing Games . New York . . . 353 . 0-676-60144-8 . 1520-4537 . 2023-10-17 .