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Behind the Curtain

Atlas Games maintains a reputation for quality and innovation through the hard work of our staff.

John Nephew

John Nephew is the president of Atlas Games. He got his start in the gaming industry by writing articles for Dragon Magazine while he was still in high school. His writing paid his way through college, and he started Atlas Games while he was still pursuing his BA in Philosophy at Carleton College as a way to publish his own work. John manages the business side of Atlas Games, handling distributor and retailer orders and queries, fulfillment (ie. packing boxes), accounts payable and receivable, translation queries, and even a little layout and proofreading once in a while.

Michelle Nephew

After years of playing Shadowrun and Vampire in college, Michelle Nephew's RPG editing career began in 2000 with Atlas Games' Three Days to Kill, the very first adventure available for sale under the Open Game License. She followed this up by authoring her own d20 adventure, The Tide of Years, in 2001. While continuing to write and edit gaming material, she finished her Ph.D. at UW-Milwaukee, writing her dissertation on the topic of authorship and roleplaying games. A chapter from her dissertation has sinced been published in Gaming As Culture, a collection of academic essays on RPGs. With the title "Tenured Editor," Michelle wears many hats at Atlas Games today, including production coordinator, card and board game developer/editor, layout monkey, advertising/marketing coordinator, convention support organizer, and Special Ops demo team coordinator.

Jerry Corrick

Jerry Corrick is the shadowy figure behind the throne at Atlas Games. In real life, Jerry is a mechanical engineer who designs incinerators, but he became John's partner in the On the Edge days by providing the capital to make that project a reality. Though he lives in Virginia, Jerry is also the majority shareholder of the Source Comics and Games in the Twin Cities, which makes the store Atlas' "sister company;" Jerry manages the group insurance for both companies. The Source's parent company -- Adventure Retail -- also represents Atlas Games at the larger conventions like GenCon, Origins, DragonCon, and San Diego Comic-Con under Jerry's guidance.

David Chart

David Chart is the Ars Magica Line Editor. He's responsible for all stages of Ars Magica product development from initial planning to final edit. Born in England, he was educated at a school founded in the 16th century and a university founded in the 13th, which nicely immersed him in Medieval History. These days he lives in Japan, and works as a freelance English teacher and roleplaying game author. Despite never having lived in the USA, he has actually met all the other Atlas staff in person on more than one occasion.

Wendy Wyman

Wendy Wyman is the latest (and greatest, just kidding) addition to Atlas Games as the new webmaster. She got into gaming back in high school, where she learned that patience is a virtue, especially when creating Rifts characters. This lesson served her well in college at UW-Platteville, when her professor told her that "the internet was just a fad and you will never make a living from it." Thankfully, like most of her college education, she has found that very little of it actually applies to the real world. At the moment, she is happy to live in Madison, WI with her wonderful & talented husband Drew, where she has made her living from this fad for over a decade. Wendy has been the webmaster for such illustrious sites as DorkTower and is honored to add Atlas Games to her portfolio.