Anne Vétillard Explained

Anne Vétillard
Birth Date:1963 11, df=y
Nationality:French
Occupation:Role-playing game creator, translator

Anne Vétillard (18 November 1963[1] – 1 April 2024) was a French role-playing game creator and translator.[2] [3]

Biography

Born in 1963, Vétillard was part of the first generation of role-players and publications on French role-playing games.[4] She discovered one of the first role-playing games, Dungeons & Dragons, in 1977, the year it was first published, when the game had yet to be published or marketed in France.[5] In 1986, she created the game Premières légendes : Légendes de la Table Ronde, a simplified version of .[6] [7] She also translated an expansion of the game Torg.[8] She contributed to the magazine Casus Belli, where she wrote as an expert on J. R. R. Tolkien[9] and live action role-playing games.[10] She published many games throughout her career and translated the likes of Bushido, Conspiracy X, and Fading Suns into French.[11]

Vétillard is best known for her works La Dame noire,[12] Premières Légendes: Légendes de la Table Ronde, and the latter's supplement, Accessoires pour la Table Ronde. She was best known in the French- and English-speaking worlds for her games.[13] She worked relentlessly to establish the role-playing game industry in France and was one of its first female personalities.[5] She was one of the world's first women to write role-playing games.[5] Her work on Tolkien focused on in-depth expansions of his ideas on Middle Earth while remaining true to Lord of the Rings canon.[14] Additionally, she covered life-size role-playing games for Casus Belli, including (sorts of murder mystery games) and paintball.[5]

Vétillard died on 1 April 2024.[15]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. https://deces.matchid.io/id/kstpeIP8uydB Summary of INSEE files
  2. News: 11 January 2022. In Memoriam, Portrait de Rôliste: la Dame du Lac. French. Senior Rôliste. 2 April 2024.
  3. Web site: Anne Vétillard. Guide du rôliste galactique. French.
  4. Web site: La 5 - Ca vous regarde JdR 1991. 22 July 2017. YouTube. French.
  5. Book: Pirou, Julien. 2020. La grande aventure du jeu de rôle : toute l'histoire, des origines à nos jours. French. Paris. Ynnis. 978-2-37697-165-8.
  6. Book: Lacy. Norris J.. Ashe. Geoffrey. Ness Ihle. Sandra. Kalinke. Marianne E.. Thompson. Raymond H.. 2013. The New Arthurian Encyclopedia : New edition. Routledge. 369. 978-1-136-60632-8.
  7. Book: Bourdin, Jean-Jacques. 1996. Une analyse des jeux de rôles. dead. http://web.archive.org/web/20030529183603/http://www.ai.univ-paris8.fr/~jj/Pers/jdr.html. 29 May 2003. French. Paris. Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis. 48.
  8. Web site: Cyberpapauté - le Réseau Divin (La). Guide du rôliste galactique. French.
  9. Web site: Key-title Casus belli. International Standard Serial Number. French.
  10. Web site: Entretiens avec Tristan Lhomme. 21 May 2011. La Scénariothèque. French.
  11. Web site: La Petite Interview - Anne Vétillard. 16 August 2017. YouTube. French.
  12. Web site: Dame Noire (La). Guide du rôliste galactique. French.
  13. Book: Busby. Keith. Thompson. Raymond H.. 2005. Gawain: A Casebook. Arthurian Characters and Themes. London. Routledge. 27. 9781136783524.
  14. Web site: Petit mot sur Anne Vétillard. 2 April 2024. YouTube. French.
  15. News: 2 April 2024. Le JdR français orphelin : hommage à Anne Vétillard. French. Black Book Editions. 2 April 2024.

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