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Jim Bambra (born 1956)〔(Jim Bambra: Director Summary ), Company Check Ltd〕 is a British designer and reviewer of fantasy roleplaying games (RPG), and a former company director. He is particularly known for his contributions to ''Dungeons and Dragons'', ''Fighting Fantasy'', ''Warhammer'', and ''Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game'' which was based on the ''Star Wars'' films. Later he became head of design at MicroProse, then managing director of Pivotal Games, a publisher of video games including ''Conflict: Desert Storm''. ==Career== Jim Bambra worked on game design and materials for various companies during the 1980s and early 1990s, including TSR (publisher of ''Dungeons and Dragons''), Games Workshop (''Warhammer''),〔(''The Enemy Within, Again'' ), Graeme Davis, 1 March 2012〕 and West End Games (''Star Wars RPG''). In 1983, Bambra wrote "The Beginner’s Guide to Roleplaying Games" (with Paul Ruiz), published in ''Imagine'' magazine Issue 6 (Sept 1983),〔(Imagine Magazine: Issue #6 ), Grognardia Games, 11 December 2012〕 explaining what an RPG is and accompanied by a comic strip, "The Adventures of Nic Novice". He was a reviewer and writer for Imagine magazine 1983-1985,〔(Stories, Listed by Author: Bambra, Jim ), The FictionMags Index〕 and reviewer for White Dwarf and Dragon magazines during the late 1980s and early 1990s. During the 1990s he was Head of Design at MicroProse, where he worked on projects including ''Fields of Glory'', ''Grand Prix'', ''Special Forces'', various X-COM products, and ''Gunship''.〔(Pivotal Games website as at 2 June 2006 )〕 In 1996 Bambra founded Pumpkin Studios, which achieved success with ''Warzone 2100'', a computer game with a post-nuclear scenario. This company closed in 2000 after Eidos Interactive cancelled its then current project, ''Saboteur'', a PlayStation 1 product.〔Jack Schofield, (Games watch ), The Guardian, 23 March 2000〕 In 2003 he became managing director at Pivotal Games Ltd,〔 a videogame development company based in Bath and owned by SCi Ltd. During his period at the firm it published the series of ''Conflict:'' videogames, the most successful of which was ''Conflict: Desert Storm''.〔(“Conflict: Desert Storm: release info” ), About.com Technology.〕 He remained as director until 2008, when SCi closed down the company.〔(''Staff at Conflict series developer notified of closure today; small team of specialists will be kept by SCi'' ), Develop, 14 July 2008〕 Between 2005 and 2009 he was also a board member of The Independent Games Developers Association Ltd.〔(TIGA website as at 15 July 2007 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Bambra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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