R. Hyrum Savage
R. Hyrum Savage is an RPG designer and brand manager whose design credits include Diomin and Forbidden Kingdoms.
Career
Hyrum has worked for Disney Interactive, FreePC, and eMachines. Savage started the California RPG publisher OtherWorld Creations (OWC) with Dave Webb, as one of many RPG publishers that got into business thanks to the d20 boom.[1] The company kicked off publication with Diomin, and the d20 licensing convinced Savage and his friends Chad Cunningham and Chris Miller to convert the setting to d20 and release it.[1] Savage was also one of the creators behind Forbidden Kingdoms.[2] In 2004 Savage went to work for Upper Deck Entertainment, after OtherWorld Creations's production came to a halt when both their distributor Wizard's Attic and the d20 market collapsed.[1] Savage resurrected OtherWorld in 2006 by taking advantage of another OGL-like licensing opportunity.[1] In 2007, Savage formed a subsidiary of OtherWorld Creations with Stan Brown called Super Genius Games.[1] Savage was the product manager for hobby games, as well as the Marvel and DC Comics trading card games, at Upper Deck.[2] Savage was able to turn much more attention to Super Genius Games in 2009 after leaving Upper Deck.[1]
Until May 2008 he was the brand manager for the New Hobby Games division at Upper Deck Entertainment, as well as the brand manager for the Vs. System and all other superhero product lines including the Marvel Masterpieces trading card brand and Marvel Ultimate Battles TCG.
He accepted a new position as marketing manager at Paizo Publishing in September, 2010. Later, he was laid off by the company and took up another job at Glu Mobile. He left the company in late 2012 and has been able to focus on Super Genius along with any side jobs he can find.
Game design/writing
- Diomin core book - Diomin (OWC 2000)
- Into the Darkness - Diomin (OWC 2001)
- Acceptance of Fate - Diomin (OWC 2001)
- Forbidden Kingdoms Master Codex - D20 system and D20 Modern (OWC 2002)
- Strike Force 7 - Spycraft (OWC 2003)
- Danger in the City of Immer - Diomin (OWC 2004)
- Outpost Qether - RuneQuest (OWC 2006)
- Danger in the City of Immer - RuneQuest (OWC 2006)
- Mysterious City of Jershon - RuneQuest (OWC 2007)
- Taint and Sanity - RuneQuest (OWC 2007)
- The Forgotten Tomb of Felgar the Goblin King - various (SGG 2008)
- The Kobold Death maze - various (SGG 2008)
- Murder of Crows - Call of Cthulhu (SGG 2008)
- The Doom from Below - Call of Cthulhu (SGG 2008)
- Midnight Harvest - Call of Cthulhu (SGG 2008)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. p. 418. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
- 1 2 Savage, R. Hyrum (2007). "Vampire: The Eternal Struggle". In Lowder, James. Hobby Games: The 100 Best. Green Ronin Publishing. pp. 345–347. ISBN 978-1-932442-96-0.