Theo Priestley – Narrative Designer and Game Writer

What’s Your Origin Story?

Creating roleplaying games and writing new campaigns

Ever since the release of the Fighting Fantasy gamebooks by Sir Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson in the 1980s, I’ve been fascinated with roleplaying games. My first experience of Dungeons & Dragons came soon after in high school, and I’ve been playing and dabbling with dice ever since.

It’s only now, much later, that I’ve decided to start writing for existing RPG properties and designing new games from the ground up – thinking about dice systems, rulesets, balancing gameplay with action and player creativity – and, of course, the worlds that they will inhabit.

The fun part for me is the world-building itself. Conceptualising the game’s setting, what the players will experience and immerse themselves in, and how it all holds together narratively to help build a great story.

Below I’ve listed what I’m currently working on. They are all at varying stages of work in progress, with some closer to release for playtesting than others. When they’re ready, I’ll be releasing them via DriveThruRPG and Itch.io under the Origin Story Games label.