Sandy Petersen

American game designer (born 1955)
Person human Q2703640
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Sandy Petersen

Summary

Sandy Petersen is a human[1]. He was born in St. Louis[2]. He was born on +1955-09-16T00:00:00Z[3]. He worked as a game designer[4], role-playing game designer[5], board game publishing company[6], and video game designer[7]. He ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (210 views/month, #7,091 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Sandy Petersen's place of birth was St. Louis[2].
  • Sandy Petersen was born on +1955-09-16T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Sandy Petersen held citizenship in United States[9].
  • Sandy Petersen worked as a game designer[4].
  • Sandy Petersen's professions included role-playing game designer[5].
  • Sandy Petersen's professions included board game publishing company[6].
  • Sandy Petersen worked as a video game designer[7].
  • Among Sandy Petersen's employers was Chaosium[10].
  • Sandy Petersen was employed by MicroProse[11].
  • Among Sandy Petersen's employers was The Guildhall at SMU[12].
  • Among Sandy Petersen's employers was Barking Lizards Technologies[13].
  • Sandy Petersen was educated at University of California, Berkeley[14].
  • Sandy Petersen's religion is recorded as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints[15].
  • Sandy Petersen's image is recorded as Sandy Petersen 01.jpg[16].
  • Sandy Petersen is recorded as male[17].
  • Sandy Petersen's instance of is recorded as human[18].
  • Sandy Petersen's ISNI is recorded as 0000000119528380[19].
  • Sandy Petersen's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 93212447[20].
  • Sandy Petersen's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n88154977[21].
  • Sandy Petersen's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13551114p[22].
  • Sandy Petersen's IdRef ID is recorded as 057688613[23].
  • Sandy Petersen's IMDb ID is recorded as nm0997733[24].
  • Sandy Petersen's Commons category is recorded as Sandy Petersen[25].
  • Sandy Petersen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0365bb[26].
  • Sandy Petersen's family name is recorded as Q27094683[27].

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Origins and Family

Sandy Petersen's place of birth was St. Louis[2]. He was born on +1955-09-16T00:00:00Z[3].

Education

Sandy Petersen's education included a stint at University of California, Berkeley[14].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include game designer[4], role-playing game designer[5], board game publishing company[6], and video game designer[7]. Employers include Chaosium[10], a business[28], in United States[29], founded in 1975[30], headquartered in Hayward[31]; MicroProse[11], a video game developer[32], in United States[33], founded in 1982[34], headquartered in Hunt Valley[35]; The Guildhall at SMU[12], a university[36], in United States[37], founded in 2003[38]; and Barking Lizards Technologies[13], a business[39], in United States[40], founded in 2001[41], headquartered in Richardson[42].

Personal Life

Sandy Petersen's religion is recorded as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints[15].

Why It Matters

Sandy Petersen ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (210 views/month, #7,091 of 1,000,298).[8] He has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] He is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Works attributed to him include Call of Cthulhu[45], a tabletop role-playing game[46], written by him[47] and Basic Role-Playing[48], a role-playing game system[49], written by Greg Stafford[50].

FAQs

Where was Sandy Petersen born?

Sandy Petersen's place of birth was St. Louis[2].

What did Sandy Petersen do for work?

Sandy Petersen worked as game designer[4], role-playing game designer[5], board game publishing company[6], and video game designer[7].

Where did Sandy Petersen go to school?

Sandy Petersen was educated at University of California, Berkeley[14].

References

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  19. [22] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . wikidata.org.
  23. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [45] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [48] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  15. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  18. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [50] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [8] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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