Mike Tinney

Mike Tinney is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.

Mike Tinney
NationalityAmerican
OccupationGame designer

Career

One of the editors for Mind's Eye Theatre was Mike Tinney, who had been running LARPs of his own in the northeast; Tinney would become the Mind's Eye Theatre line manager.[1]:218 Tinney later became Vice President or Licensing and Marketing for White Wolf.[1]:223 Based on a proposal by Tinney, White Wolf created a new imprint in the late 1990s called "ArtHaus", which took much of the cost of creating supplements "out of house".[1]:223 Tinney was one of the contributors to the Creature Collection from White Wolf's Sword & Sorcery imprint.[1]:225 In 2002 Steve Wieck relinquished his role as President of White Wolf, and Tinney was named the new President.[1]:227–228 Under Tinney's guidance, White Wolf underwent big changes, starting with massive renovations to the World of Darkness.[1]:228

On 11 November 2006, CCP Games and White Wolf jointly announced a merger between the two companies during the keynote address at the Eve Online Fanfest 2006. White Wolf Publishing became a wholly owned independent subsidiary of CCP with Tinney remaining as the president of CCP North America | White Wolf.[2][3]

References
  1. Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702- 58-7.
  2. Gaming Industry Innovators CCP and White Wolf to Merge, CCP, 11 November 2006, archived from the original on 1 January 2010, retrieved 29 November 2009
  3. Gaming Industry Innovators CCP and White Wolf to Merge, White Wolf Publishing, 11 November 2006, archived from the original on 13 February 2010, retrieved 29 November 2009


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