Kerry Lloyd

Kerry David Miles Lloyd (September 29, 1941 – August 27, 1988) was a game designer who worked primarily on role-playing games.

Kerry Lloyd
Born(1941-09-29)September 29, 1941[1]
DiedAugust 27, 1988(1988-08-27) (aged 46)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationGame designer

Career

Kerry Lloyd got his first book, a "generic fantasy" adventure called The Mines of Keridav (1979), published through Maryland game company Phoenix Games.[2]: 129  Phoenix Games disappeared before the sequel The Demon Pits of Caeldo, could be published, and so Lloyd decided to start his own gaming company, Gamelords, with three friends - Richard Meyer, Janet Trautvetter, and Michael Watkins.[2]: 129  Gamelords was centered in Gaithersburg, Maryland.[2]: 130  Lloyd co-designed the role-playing game Thieves' Guild with Richard Meyer and Michael Watkins, which was published in 1980 by Gamelords.[3] In 1983, Gamelords reprinted The Mines of Keridav and finally published The Demon Pits of Caeldo as well.[2]: 131 

Kerry Lloyd died on August 27, 1988.[2]: 132 

References
  1. "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).
  2. Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  3. Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 221. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
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