Petter Nallo
Petter Nallo (born 1977) is a Swedish game designer and screenwriter who is best known for his work on the role-playing games Eon and KULT: Divinity Lost, and for co-founding the Swedish games company Helmgast.
Early life
[edit]Petter Nallo grew up in northern Sweden, and started playing both the American role-playing game (RPG) Dungeons & Dragons as well as Swedish RPGs Mutant, KULT, and Eon. He eventually started to write magazine articles about Eon for the Swedish games magazine Codex.
Career
[edit]In 2000, as a freelancer, Nallo contributed to the second edition of Eon being produced by the game's publisher, Neogames. He also contributed to several Eon supplements including 2001's Legender & Hemligheter (Legends & Secrets).
In 2002, Nallo moved to Gothenburg to join the staff of Neogames,[1] first as an intern, and then as a full-time writer. He was Creative Director of the team that produced a third edition of Eon in 2004,[2] and also worked on a number of Eon supplements.
In 2006, Nallo, Marco Behrmann, and Jonas Karlsson created a new dystopian Swedish RPG, Noir. The Swedish games magazine Fenix called it ""the most innovative Swedish role-playing game in 10 years", and the magazine's readers voted it the best RPG of the year.[3]
In 2008, Nallo joined Jungle Peak Studios, where he and Edward Anton wrote scripts for the Swedish television series Azaya.[4]
About this time, Nallo, Anton Wahnström, Jonatan Gertler and Niklas Fröjd decided to create a 4th edition of Neo.[5] They wanted to produce the new edition themselves, so acquired the license and co-founded the company Helmgast. The new edition was published in 2014.[1]
Nallo also wanted Helmgast to produce a 4th edition of the popular Swedish-language RPG KULT that he had played in high school, but the license owner, Cabinet Entertainment, insisted the new edition had to be produced in English.[1] With Nallo as Creative Director, Helmgast published KULT: Divinity Lost in 2018. At the 2019 ENnie Awards, KULT: Divinity Lost won Silver Awards for "Best Writing" and "Best Cover Art", and was a finalist for "Best Interior Art".[6]
Works
[edit]Eon RPG
[edit]2nd edition (Neogames)
[edit]- Eon, 2nd edition, with Marco Behrmann, Dan Johansson, Carl Johan Ström, and Krister Sundelin
- Vandöda & nekromanti (Undead & necromancy) with Carl Johan Ström (2002)
- Encyklopedia Mundana with Carl Johan Ström and Anton Wahnström (2003)
- Fjärran riken (Distant realms) with Carl Johan Ström (2003)
- Sjöfarare & Pirater (Sailors & Pirates), with Carl Johan Ström (2003)
- Atlas, with Marco Behrmann, Carl Johan Ström, Krister Sundelin, and Anton Wahnström (2003)
3rd edition (Neogames)
[edit]- Eon, 3rd edition, with Marco Behrmann, Dan Johansson, Carl Johan Ström, and Krister Sundelin (2004)
- Thalamur with Carl Johan Ström and Kim Vässmar (2006)
- Misslor with Krister Sundelin and Kim Vässmar (2008)
- Alver: Sångarens ätt (Elves: The singer's family), with Sebastian Andersson and Krister Sundelin (2009)
4th edition (Helmgast)
[edit]- Eon, 4th edition, with Niklas Fröjd, and Anton Wahnström (2014)
Noir RPG
[edit]- Noir with Marco Behrmann (2008)
KULT RPG
[edit]- KULT: Divinity Lost, 4th edition, (as Creative Director, 2018)
- Oakwood Heights with Robin Liljenberg (2017)
Hjältarnas tid RPG (The time of heroes)
[edit]- Sagor från trollskogen (Tales from the Trollwood, 2017)
Television series
[edit]- Azaya with Edward Anton (2008)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Appelcline, Shannon (2020-06-26). "Interview #92: KULT, with Petter Nallo". rpg.net. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ "Om Helmgast". helmgast.se (in Swedish). 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ "Noir voted Best Role Play 2006!". noir.nu. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ Genborg, Kenny (2008-08-31). "Simpsonstecknare kan ta sig an Göteborgsfantasy". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ^ "Intervju inför Eon IV". Fenix (in Swedish). No. 2. 2007.
- ^ "Congratulations to the 2019 ENnie Winners and Nominees!". ENnie Awards. 2019-08-03. Retrieved 2021-05-10.