Founded in 2023 by Craig Norris and Mike Garley, Royal Stag Press is a UK based independent tabletop gaming company.
Oh No... I started a Cult! is Royal Stag Press' first game with their second game Flee the Horde! - a cooperative zombie survival card game - slated for release in 2024.
WHO ARE WE?
Mike Garley is an EMMY-nominated writer who has written for Adventure Time, Wallace and Gromit, and Image Comics’ 24 panels anthology, as well as creator-owned projects The Kill Screen, Samurai Slasher, and Our Final Halloween. Mike has consulted on Transmedia storytelling for beActive Media, developed game concepts with Masters of Pie, and Wickety Splits, and has contributed articles to Comic Heroes, and The UK Scriptwriters Survival Handbook: or How to Earn an Actual Living as a Writer. When he’s not writing, Mike lectures on Creative Writing for Brockenhurst College, and Scriptwriting for Film and TV for the Arts University Bournemouth, and Bournemouth University. @mikegarley - mikegarley.co.uk/about
Craig Norris has been an avid gamer since a young age, with fond memories of traditional games played with his brothers on the lounge floor, and playing cards for pennies with his Grandma. Realising that some games could be improved with impromptu rules, such as mashing up Game of Life with Grand Theft Auto, he moved into playing TTRPG’s with an emphasis on homebrewed settings. Once returning to his hometown on the south coast of England he started playing a variety of board games again. He is frequently the first person to be handed the rule book as the box is opened, whilst the others enjoy pushing out the tokens and laying out the cards. Combining in early 2023 with Mike Garley to form Royal Stag Press to bring some of their own ideas into reality. Craig is the lead game designer on Royal Stag Press’ upcoming cooperative zombie survival card game - Flee the Horde!
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