Gunilla Jonsson and Michael Petersén
Gunilla Jonsson and Michael Petersén are Swedish writers and designers of role-playing games. They wrote the Mutant and KULT games while working for Äventyrsspel (Target Games) in the 1980s. They helmed their own game company, Ragnarök Speldesign, for a few years in the late 1980s. [1][2][3][4][5][6]
Michael Petersén and Gunilla Jonsson at a science fiction convention (Swecon 2018)
Personal life
Jonsson and Petersén ended up in the same group of role-players in 1981. They are married, and both work at the SF-Bokhandeln bookstore in Stockholm.[2] They're writing for Perilous Worlds.[7]
Works
- Mutant (rpg, 1984, Äventyrsspel)
- KULT (rpg, 1991, Äventyrsspel)
- Mörkrets Legioner, Den Svarta Madonnan, Fallna Änglar, Tarotikum
- Writing credits on games Sagan om Ringen (Swedish translation of MERP) and Western Rollspelet
- several scenarios for Drakar och Demoner, Chock (Swedish translation of Chill) and Mutant (1984 and 1991 versions), including Spökgeneralen and Uppdrag i Mos Mosel
- En Garde! (rpg, 1987, Ragnarök Speldesign)
- Skuggornas Mästare (rpg, 1988, Ragnarök Speldesign)
- Döden är bara början and De levande döda (novels, 2018/2020, Free League Publishing)
References
- Review of "Mot andra världar" (Towards other worlds) (in Swedish), a Swedish-language documentary of the Swedish TTRPG scene featuring Jonsson and Petersén discussing their creation of KULT and the moral panic surrounding the game
- Rollspelsakademien: Ragnarök Speldesign (in Swedish)
- https://frialigan.se/sv/authors/gunilla-jonsson-michael-petersen/ (in Swedish)
- Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '90s. Evil Hat Productions. ISBN 978-1-61317-084-7.
- Speltidningen.se (in Swedish)
- https://nordsken.se/en/speakers/gunillamichael-en/
- https://eloso.se/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/eloso-pressrelase-call-of-cthulhu-181031.pdf (in Swedish)
- https://perilousworlds.com/#authors
- https://www.wired.com/beyond-the-beyond/2019/09/european-science-fiction-societys-awards-2019/
- https://esfs.info/2019/08/24/esfs-awards-2019/
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