Joseph A. McCullough
Joseph A. McCullough is a tabletop wargames designer, and writer from Greensboro, North Carolina,[1] who now lives in Kent, UK.[1]
He is most well known for Frostgrave, a fantasy miniatures game where the player has control over a powerful wizard and their soldiers.
Early life and education
Joseph A. McCullough was born in 1976 in Greensboro, North Carolina.[1] McCullough grew up watching science-fiction such as Star Trek and Star Wars.[2] McCullough graduated with a degree in history from the University of North Carolina.[1]
Career
McCullough lived in Washington, D.C. where he wrote for a medical journal and worked in a gaming store.[1] McCullough went to North Wales to study for a creative writing degree from Bangor University, although he did not finish the degree.[1] McCullough got married while in England and stayed there to work for the military history publisher Osprey Publishing, working in production, marketing, editorial, and games for 15 years before becoming a freelancer full-time.[1]
McCullough has written for Black Gate.[3] McCullough wrote or co-wrote books for the Dark Osprey line including Steampunk Soldiers: Uniforms & Weapons from the Age of Steam, Steampunk Soldiers: The American Frontier, and Zombies: A Hunter's Guide.[4] McCullough became Project Manager for the Osprey Adventures imprint of Osprey Publishing in 2011.[3] McCullough wrote Dragonslayers, the first book in the Myths and Legends line from Osprey.[5] McCullough edited the 2015 anthology Frostgrave: Tales of the Frozen City.[6]
Miniature wargames
- Frostgrave: Fantasy Wargames in the Frozen City.[7][8]
- Rangers of Shadow Deep: A Tabletop Adventure Game.
- Stargrave: Fantasy Wargames in the Ravaged Galaxy.
- Oathmark: Battles of the Lost Age
- The Silver Bayonet: A wargame of Napoleonic Gothic Horror
- Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago - Fantasy Wargaming in the Lost Isles
- Deathship One
- Operation: Last Train
- Hairfoot Jousting
Books
Fiction
- Victory's Knife
Non-fiction
- Steampunk Soldiers
- Steampunk Soldiers: The American Frontier
- Zombies: A hunter's guide.
- Dragonslayers: From Beowulf to St. George.
- The Science-Fiction & Fantasy Quizbook
- The Story of Santa Claus
- The Military History Quizbook
- The Civil War Quizbook
- A pocket History of Ireland
Awards
Frostgrave
- UK Games Expo – Best Miniatures Game 2015[10]
- Beasts of War – Best Miniatures Game 2015[11]
- Silver ENNIE – Miniature Product of the Year 2016[12]
- Origins Awards Nominee – Miniatures Game of the Year 2016[13]
- Wargames Illustrated – Best Rules 2019
- Bleeding Cool – Best Tabletop Miniature Game 2018 and No. 2 Tabletop Game of 2018.
- Drive Thru Review – Top 50 Games of All Time #4
- Rob's Tabletop World – Top 10 Non-GW Miniature Games #1
Frostgrave: Perilous Dark
- UK Games Expo – Judge's Award for Best Miniature Rules 2020
- UK Games Expo – People's Choice Award for Best Miniature Rules 2020
Stargrave
- UK Games Expo – Judge's Award for Best Miniature Rules 2021
- UK Games Expo – People's Choice Award for Best Miniatures Rules 2021
- Tabletop Gaming Live – Best Miniatures Game 2022
Oathmark
- Tabletop Gaming Live – Best Wargame 2022
The Silver Bayonet
- UK Games Expo – Judge's Award for Best Miniature Rules 2022
- UK Games Expo – People's Choice Award for Best Miniatures Rules 2022
Rangers of Shadow Deep
- DriveThruRPG – Mithral Best Seller
- Guerrilla Miniature Games – Top 5 New Games of 2018
- Drive Thru Review – Top 50 Games of All Time #3
- Drive Thru Review – #1 Solo Game
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "About – Joseph A. McCullough". Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ↑ "Aw Shux - Joseph A. McCullough - Ask Me Anything - Osprey". www.ospreypublishing.com.
- 1 2 "Osprey Adventures – Black Gate". December 24, 2011.
- ↑ "Dark Osprey: The Shadowy Worlds of Cthulhu, Alien Bug Hunts, and a Nazi Moonbase – Black Gate". November 11, 2017.
- ↑ "A Review of Osprey's Dragonslayers – Black Gate". June 7, 2013.
- ↑ "Future Treasures: Frostgrave: Tales of the Frozen City edited by Joseph McCullough – Black Gate". June 17, 2015.
- ↑ "Tabletop Gaming - Core Mechanics in Wargame Design". www.tabletopgaming.co.uk. May 5, 2020.
- ↑ Niebling, William (June 2, 2017). "Review: 'Frostgrave: Ulterior Motives' (Game)". ICv2.
- ↑ "Wargames – Joseph A. McCullough". Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ↑ "UKGE Awards". UK Games Expo. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ↑ "Beasts of War 2015 Gaming Awards: The Winners – OnTableTop – Home of Beasts of War". Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ↑ "2016 Nominees and Winners – ENNIE Awards". Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ↑ "Links: Nominees for the 2016 Origins Awards, Mensa Select for 2016, and Ernest and Peterson's Game Golem | BoardGameGeek News". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2022-11-24.