A long-time ally and supporter of Cumberland Games is striding into the
electronic arena! I'll just pass along the press release; it sums it up :)
Give him a visit and tell him S. John sent ya!

******************* Schweighofer Establishes Griffon Publishing Studio

Adventure gaming industry veteran Peter Schweighofer has established
Griffon Publishing Studio (www.destinyrealms.com/griffon/) to bring his
ideas to gamers in PDF format.

His flagship concept, available free at the Studio website, is the Any-
System Key (www.destinyrealms.com/griffon/NESys.html), a means of
describing character skills and task difficulties in terms that easily
translate into nearly any game system. These terms do not link to any one
game engine, but serve as general guidelines to give readers an overall
sense of how they fit within their own game’s stat and difficulty scale.
Any-System Key publications provide settings, characters, adventures, and
other source material gamers can easily adapt to your favorite roleplaying
game. Visitors to the Griffon Publishing Studio website can download The
Village War, a free PDF adventure that demonstrates how the Any-System Key
works.

Schweighofer is currently working on a large Any-System Key sourcebook
called Pulp Egypt: Adventures Along the Nile and Beyond, 1933-1939.
Tentative release date is set for the first half of 2006. Keep checking the
Griffon Publishing Studio website for details about the content and page
count. Schweighofer has several other campaign and setting supplements
under development.

Schweighofer is a longtime professional in the adventure gaming hobby who
has worked in various aspects of the publishing industry. He has written,
designed, or contributed to more than 75 roleplaying game products since
entering the industry in 1993. Throughout his career he has played an
important role in the editorial aspect of game design in substantively
editing, copy editing, proofreading, and critiquing the overall quality and
scope of products. He worked for many years on West End Game’s Star Wars
roleplaying game, establishing the Official Star Wars Adventure Journal and
authoring sourcebooks like Platt’s Starport Guide, Platt’s Smuggler’s
Guide, and the Shadows of the Empire Sourcebook. He also contributed to
numerous issues of the Star Wars Adventure Journal and Topps Star Wars
Galaxy Magazine, the DarkStryder campaign, Instant Adventures, and the Star
Wars Roleplaying Game, Revised & Expanded. In the past he’s freelanced for
companies like Wizards of the Coast, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Fantasy
Flight Games, and Decipher. He’s contributed to several books for West End
Games’ new D6 System game line, including D6 Space: Ships and D6 Space:
Aliens. His favorite products include the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Sourcebook (West End Games) and Weird War II: Afrika Korpse (Pinnacle
Entertainment Group).

Schweighofer lives in Brandy Station, Virginia, with his wife Lynanne and
two cats, Wolfgang and Peggy Lee.



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