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'''Randall N. Bills''' has been the product [[Line Developer]] for [[BattleTech]] since the year 2000, when [[FASA]] still published the game. Prior to that, he was the assistant line developer for BattleTech from as early as 1996 until FASA sold the rights to the BattleTech intellectual property to [[WizKids]] in 2001.  
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'''Randall N. Bills''' has been working on [[BattleTech]] since 1996, when he began working for [[FASA]] as [[Assistant Line Developer]] for the BattleTech line. He has writing credits in numerous rulebooks and wrote several stories and novels in the BattleTech universe. He is also a co-founder of [[InMediaRes]], the parent company currently publishing and developing BattleTech through their [[Catalyst Game Labs]] imprint.
  
He remained in place when [[FanPro LLC]] acquired the license to what was then Classic BattleTech, and again in [[2007]] when the license went to [[Catalyst Game Labs]].
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Bills became the product [[Line Developer]] for BattleTech in the year 2000, when FASA still published the game until they sold the rights to the BattleTech intellectual property to [[WizKids]] in 2001. He remained in place when [[FanPro LLC]] acquired the license to what was then [[Classic BattleTech]], yet also worked with [[WizKids]] for the new [[MechWarrior: Dark Age]] game set in the same universe. When the BattleTech license went to [[Catalyst Game Labs]] in 2007, he remained at the helm as Line Developer.
  
Bills is also the author of several novels, set in both the BattleTech (before and after WizKids acquired it) and [[Star Trek]] universes. On 22 August, 2007, it was announced that Bills had moved on from BattleTech to become [[Catalyst Game Labs]]' roving developer, allowing him to help out on projects that need it, or on any potential future new lines.[http://catalystgamelabs.com/2007/] He was succeeded as BattleTech Line Developer by [[Herbert A. Beas II]], but resumed the mantle again after Beas left the position in August 2013.
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On 22 August, 2007, it was announced that Bills had moved on from BattleTech to become [[Catalyst Game Labs]]' roving developer, allowing him to help out on projects that need it, or on any potential future new lines.<ref>Announced on CGL website [http://catalystgamelabs.com/2007/ here]</ref> He was succeeded as BattleTech Line Developer by [[Herbert A. Beas II]], but nominally resumed the mantle again as an interim Line Developer after Beas left the position in August 2013. [[Brent Evans]] became the new BattleTech Line Developer on 25 May 2017.<ref>Announced on the [[BattleTech]] forum on 1 June 2017 ([http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=57711.0 here])</ref>
  
 
Randall lives in Washington state with his wife Tara, children Bryn, Ryana, and Kenyon; as well as a pet snake.
 
Randall lives in Washington state with his wife Tara, children Bryn, Ryana, and Kenyon; as well as a pet snake.

Revision as of 16:01, 1 June 2017

Randal N. Bills
Occupation Game Designer
Author
BattleTech Line Developer


Randall N. Bills has been working on BattleTech since 1996, when he began working for FASA as Assistant Line Developer for the BattleTech line. He has writing credits in numerous rulebooks and wrote several stories and novels in the BattleTech universe. He is also a co-founder of InMediaRes, the parent company currently publishing and developing BattleTech through their Catalyst Game Labs imprint.

Bills became the product Line Developer for BattleTech in the year 2000, when FASA still published the game until they sold the rights to the BattleTech intellectual property to WizKids in 2001. He remained in place when FanPro LLC acquired the license to what was then Classic BattleTech, yet also worked with WizKids for the new MechWarrior: Dark Age game set in the same universe. When the BattleTech license went to Catalyst Game Labs in 2007, he remained at the helm as Line Developer.

On 22 August, 2007, it was announced that Bills had moved on from BattleTech to become Catalyst Game Labs' roving developer, allowing him to help out on projects that need it, or on any potential future new lines.[1] He was succeeded as BattleTech Line Developer by Herbert A. Beas II, but nominally resumed the mantle again as an interim Line Developer after Beas left the position in August 2013. Brent Evans became the new BattleTech Line Developer on 25 May 2017.[2]

Randall lives in Washington state with his wife Tara, children Bryn, Ryana, and Kenyon; as well as a pet snake.

Bibliography

Novels

BattleTech

MechWarrior: Dark Age

Star Trek

  • Starfleet Corps of Engineers: Aftermath (eBook)
  • 2003 Demon, book 1 (with Loren L. Coleman)
  • 2004 Demon, book 2 (with Loren L. Coleman)

Sourcebooks

The following are BattleTech source books wherein Randall is given a writing credit.

See also

References

External links

  • Announced on CGL website here
  • Announced on the BattleTech forum on 1 June 2017 (here)