Craig William O'Brien
1039 Preston Ave. #8 · Charlottesville VA 22903 · (804) 295-9623 · ichabod@cstone.net
Education
Charlottesvile Writing Center
Coursework in Fiction and Children's Literature.
University of Rochester
B.A. With Distinction: Major: Cognitive Science, Minor: Religious Studies
Accepted into "Take Five" program, a tuition-free fifth year to
study Psycholinguistics.
Graduated: June, 1994.
Deans list, radio DJ, fraternity treasurer
Piedmont Virginia Community College
Course work in Fine Arts, Philosophy, Comparative Religions
The Tandem School
High School Diploma, June, 1988
Merit scholar semi-finalist
Experience
Freelance Writer
June 1996-Present: Writer for Iron Crown Enterprises; Wizard Press
Publications include: Middle-earth: The Wizards Player Guide; Middle-earth:
The Dragons Player Guide; Middle-earth: Dark Minions Player Guide;
Middle-earth: Lidless Eye Player Guide; reviews and strategy in InQuest
Gamer. Upcoming publications include the Nomad board game and
the Mad Scientist card game.
Iron Crown Enterprises
November, 1996-September 1998: Network Representative
March 1997-September 1998: Development Assistant
November 1998-Present: Middle-earth CCG Line Editor
June 1999-Present: Line Editor for MECCG, Rolemaster, and Silent Death.
Using Usenet, World Wide Web, and email; answering rules questions, releasing
rules updates, and maintaining an information based web site; game development
assistance for Middle-earth: Collectible Card Game and Silent Death: the
Next Millennium; edited books and games for publication, created and maintained
a tournament database.
Tandem School
September 1998-June 1999: Alumni Affairs Director
Edited alumni newsletter, maintained alumni database, organized fundraising
events.
Cavalier Cards
September 1998-November 1998: Retail Assistant
Sold sports cards, game cards, and beanie babies; fulfilled mail-order
sales.
The Game Cave
October, 1994-February, 1997: Sole proprietor, entrepreneur
Owned and operated successful role and collectible card game retail
establishment; conducted weekly demonstrations and tournaments; initiated
game clubs; operated booths at conventions.
Steve Jackson Games
December, 1994-June 1996: Network Representative
Responsible for answering rules questions and releasing information
on America On-line.
College Inn
August, 1994: Pizza delivery
University of Virginia
May-August, 1993: Volunteer Macintosh computer programmer, Psychology
Department.
University of Rochester
January-May, 1993: Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Cognitive Science
Lecturing, teaching a recitation, grading student papers.
Rising Sun Bakery
July-August, 1992: Dishwasher
Cooper and Secrest
July-August, 1991: Pollster
The Tandem School
July, 1989: Volunteer in fund development office, organizing alumni and
parent contact files
Daily Progress
June-August, 1987: Motor route newspaper delivery
Skills
- Programming: Consultant on the HypeRaps student survey program developed for the University of Rochester Education Department. Programmed neural net simulations and programs for the collecting and analyzing of experimental data for D. Proffit at the University of Virginia.
- Computer Proficiencies: BASIC, Pascal, C, Hypertalk, Lisp, Perl, Macintosh OS, Usenet, HTML, Pagemaker, Filemaker Pro.
References
References are available on request.
Last Updated 9/19/1999
Created 6/21/99