Clark Peterson (game designer)

Clark Allen Peterson is the founder of Necromancer Games, co-creator of Legendary Games, and an Idaho state magistrate judge in Coeur d'Alene.

Clark Peterson and his old friend Bill Webb formed Necromancer Games in the spring of 2000 to publish role-playing materials using the d20 license; on August 10, 2000, the same day Wizards of the Coast was to release the new Player's Handbook at GenCon 33, Peterson and Webb published a free PDF adventure called The Wizard's Amulet just a few minutes after midnight. On September 13, 2000, Necromancer Games announced a partnership with White Wolf in forming their "Sword & Sorcery" imprint. Peterson and Webb produced many of White Wolf's rulebooks, including Creature Collection (2000), Relics & Rituals (2000), The Divine and The Defeated (2001), and Creature Collection II (2001). Peterson ran "Return to the Caverns of Thracia" as a tournament at GenCon XXXV in 2002, after Necromancer Games formed a partnership with Judges Guild to release Judges Guild products.

Peterson was initially a big supporter of the GSL for fourth edition D&D when it was announced on April 2008, but by July, after seeing the new license applied, he declared it "a total unmitigated failure". In March 2010, Peterson declared that Necromancer Games was on indefinite hiatus. Peterson has since co-created Legendary Games, focusing on plug-in material for Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure paths and sourcebooks.

Peterson attended Washington and Lee University for his undergraduate education and graduated from Loyola Law School. He was admitted to the California Bar in 1994 and the Idaho Bar in 2001. He was a deputy district attorney in Las Vegas. He was a defense attorney at Amendola Doty & Brumley PLLC in Coeur d'Alene. Peterson was selected to fill a vacant judge magistrate's seat in Idaho's First District Court in 2010. Peterson retained his position as magistrate with 81% of the vote in 2012; his term will expire in 2016.

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