Mike Tinney
| Mike Tinney | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Game designer |
Mike Tinney is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.
Career
One of the editors for Mind's Eye Theatre was Mike Tinney, who had been running LARPs of his own in the northeast; Tinney would become the Mind's Eye Theatre line manager.[1]:218 Tinney later became Vice President or Licensing and Marketing for White Wolf.[1]:223 Based on a proposal by Tinney, White Wolf created a new imprint in the late 1990s called "ArtHaus", which took much of the cost of creating supplements "out of house".[1]:223 Tinney was one of the contributors to the Creature Collection from White Wolf's Sword & Sorcery imprint.[1]:225 In 2002 Steve Wieck relinquished his role as President of White Wolf, and Tinney was named the new President.[1]:227-228 Under Tinney's guidance, White Wolf underwent big changes, starting with massive renovations to the World of Darkness.[1]:228
On 11 November 2006, CCP Games and White Wolf jointly announced a merger between the two companies during the keynote address at the Eve Online Fanfest 2006. White Wolf Publishing became a wholly owned independent subsidiary of CCP with Tinney remaining as the president of CCP North America | White Wolf.[2][3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702- 58-7.
- ↑ Gaming Industry Innovators CCP and White Wolf to Merge, CCP, 11 November 2006, retrieved 29 November 2009
- ↑ Gaming Industry Innovators CCP and White Wolf to Merge, White Wolf Publishing, 11 November 2006, retrieved 29 November 2009