{{Short description|Designer of role-playing games}} {{Infobox person |name = Will Hindmarch |image = |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = |birth_place = |spouse = |other_names = |known_for = |education = |employer = |occupation = [[Game designer]] |website = }}
'''Will Hindmarch''' is a [[game designer]], who has worked primarily on [[role-playing game]]s.
==Career== [[Atlas Games]] hired Will Hindmarch following the success of their [[D20 System|d20]] lines.<ref name="designers">{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7}}</ref>{{rp|258}} Atlas published some final d20 products in 2004 and when they cancelled the remainder of their d20 line, Hindmarch left Atlas.<ref name="designers"/>{{rp|258}} Hindmarch edited a new ''Vampire'' product for [[White Wolf Publishing|White Wolf]] soon after the release of ''[[Vampire: The Requiem]]'' (2004).<ref name="designers"/>{{rp|229}} Hindmarch wrote ''The Resurrectionists'' (2007) for ''Vampire: The Requiem'', which was the first product to use the [[Storytelling System|Storytelling Adventure System]] was .<ref name="designers"/>{{rp|229}} Hindmarch and [[Jeff Tidball]] formed a new small press called Gameplaywright.<ref name="designers"/>{{rp|260}}
He was the lead designer on ''Till the Last Gasp'' (2023), a 2-player dueling game published by ''[[Critical Role]]'''s imprint [[Darrington Press]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 16, 2022 |title=Critical Role publisher announces two-player cinematic storytelling game |url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/till-the-last-gasp/news/till-last-gasp-board-game |access-date=March 21, 2023 |website=[[Dicebreaker]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 21, 2022 |title=Critical Role Announces New Board Game |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/critical-role-till-the-last-gasp-darrington-press-game/ |access-date=March 21, 2023 |website=[[ComicBook.com]]}}</ref> Linda Codega, for ''[[Io9]]'', commented that ''Till the Last Gasp'' blends "the strengths of the main designers" as Hindmarch's "tactical, number-forward design mentality meshes well with [[Alex Roberts (game designer)|Alex Roberts]]' established success in designing immersive two-player games".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Codega |first=Linda |date=March 17, 2023 |title=Till the Last Gasp Is a Two-Player Duel of Missteps and Drama |url=https://gizmodo.com/till-the-last-gasp-review-board-game-critical-role-1850237418 |access-date=March 21, 2023 |website=Gizmodo |language=en}}</ref>
==Project: Dark== In 2014, Hindmarch created and funded a Kickstarter campaign for a role-playing game (RPG) titled ''Project: Dark''. However, as of November 2024, the project has not been completed, with a lack of updates on the Kickstarter page has remained inactive, with no posts from Hindmarch since 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project: Dark Core Rules |url=https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/172809/project-dark-core-rules |access-date=2026-05-04 |website=RPGGeek |language=en-US}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{cite web|url=http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=7408 |title=Will Hindmarch :: Pen & Paper RPG Database|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519224604/http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=7408|archivedate=May 19, 2007}}
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