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

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

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

Eon RPG

2nd edition (Neogames)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • Eon, 4th edition, with Niklas Fröjd, and Anton Wahnström (2014)

Noir RPG

  • Noir with Marco Behrmann (2008)

KULT RPG

  • KULT: Divinity Lost, 4th edition, (as Creative Director, 2018)
  • Oakwood Heights with Robin Liljenberg (2017)

Hjältarnas tid RPG (The time of heroes)

  • Sagor från trollskogen (Tales from the Trollwood, 2017)

Television series

  • Azaya with Edward Anton (2008)

References

  1. ^ a b c Appelcline, Shannon (2020-06-26). "Interview #92: KULT, with Petter Nallo". rpg.net. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  2. ^ "Om Helmgast". helmgast.se (in Swedish). 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  3. ^ "Noir voted Best Role Play 2006!". noir.nu. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  4. ^ Genborg, Kenny (2008-08-31). "Simpsonstecknare kan ta sig an Göteborgsfantasy". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  5. ^ "Intervju inför Eon IV". Fenix (in Swedish). No. 2. 2007.
  6. ^ "Congratulations to the 2019 ENnie Winners and Nominees!". ENnie Awards. 2019-08-03. Retrieved 2021-05-10.