Gunilla Jonsson and Michael Petersén

Gunilla Jonsson and Michael Petersén are Swedish writers and designers of role-playing games. They wrote the Mutant and KULT games while working for Äventyrsspel (Target Games) in the 1980s. They helmed their own game company, Ragnarök Speldesign, for a few years in the late 1980s. [1][2][3][4][5][6]

Michael Petersén and Gunilla Jonsson at a science fiction convention (Swecon 2018)

Personal life

Jonsson and Petersén ended up in the same group of role-players in 1981. They are married, and both work at the SF-Bokhandeln bookstore in Stockholm.[2] They're writing for Perilous Worlds.[7]

Awards
  • Rollspelsdraken 2012[2]
  • The ESFS Chrysalis Awards (Sweden) 2019 [8][9]

Works
  • Mutant (rpg, 1984, Äventyrsspel)
  • KULT (rpg, 1991, Äventyrsspel)
    • Mörkrets Legioner, Den Svarta Madonnan, Fallna Änglar, Tarotikum
  • Writing credits on games Sagan om Ringen (Swedish translation of MERP) and Western Rollspelet
  • several scenarios for Drakar och Demoner, Chock (Swedish translation of Chill) and Mutant (1984 and 1991 versions), including Spökgeneralen and Uppdrag i Mos Mosel
  • En Garde! (rpg, 1987, Ragnarök Speldesign)
  • Skuggornas Mästare (rpg, 1988, Ragnarök Speldesign)
  • Döden är bara början and De levande döda (novels, 2018, Fria Ligan Förlag)

References
  1. Rollspelsakademien: Ragnarök Speldesign (in Swedish)
  2. https://frialigan.se/sv/authors/gunilla-jonsson-michael-petersen/ (in Swedish)
  3. Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '90s. Evil Hat Productions. ISBN 978-1-61317-084-7.
  4. Speltidningen.se (in Swedish)
  5. https://nordsken.se/en/speakers/gunillamichael-en/
  6. https://eloso.se/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/eloso-pressrelase-call-of-cthulhu-181031.pdf (in Swedish)
  7. https://perilousworlds.com/#authors
  8. https://www.wired.com/beyond-the-beyond/2019/09/european-science-fiction-societys-awards-2019/
  9. https://esfs.info/2019/08/24/esfs-awards-2019/
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