Hi, I’m Tim Gray. I provide freelance editing and proofreading services to roleplaying game publishers. There’s a list of past projects at the bottom of the page. If you’d like to explore what I can do to help with your project, please do drop me a line.
Recent work
- Editing and proofreading books for Sanction (light ruleset), Rustwater (dark fantasy), Out of the Ashes (community-based fantasy) and Liminal (urban fantasy).
Skill areas
I’m a word wrangler with a strong eye for detail and for the way that information needs to be structured and presented as a learning guide for a play experience. I can zap errors and see how to make your text smoother and clearer while working to your style guide and tone.
I’m also a system monkey with experience of lots of rulesets (including developing my own) and the way that mechanics contribute to the feel of play and a setting’s narrative physics.
Tim Gray is always my first choice as editor for any RPG project I publish. He is reliable, quick, and rigorous. Tim is skilled at seeing the sense and flow of a text, helping me better express ideas and achieve consistency.
– Paul Mitchener, Wordplay Games
Tim is a reliable and talented proofreader. He is careful and focused. Not only does he spot problems, he also suggests solutions. He has a good eye for spotting inconsistencies in design and layout, as well as in text.
– Síne Quinn, Managing Editor, Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd
RPG editing projects archive
Chaosium
Editing: A Darkness at Runegate (Runequest)
Proofreading: Gateways to Terror (Call of Cthulhu); Shadows Over Stillwater (Call of Cthulhu); Masks of Nyarlathotep (Call of Cthulhu)
Cubicle 7
Proofreading: The Horned Rat Companion (WFRP); The Horned Rat (WFRP); Sullasara’s Spells (WFRP); Altdorf (WFRP); Something Knocking (WFRP); Grey Mountain Gold (WFRP); Patrons of the Empire I & II (WFRP); Power Behind The Throne Companion (WFRP); Power Behind the Throne (partial, WFRP); Middenheim (WFRP); Fateful Night (Soulbound); Death on the Reik (WFRP); Ubersreik Adventures (WFRP); The Guilty Party (WFRP); Enemy in Shadows Companion (WFRP); The One Ring (2nd edition, unpublished); Enemy in Shadows (WFRP); The Mad Men of Gotheim (WFRP)
Just Crunch Games
Editing: Sanction
Kismet Games
Editing: Rustwater
Modiphius
Editing: Conan – Horrors of the Hyborian Age; Conan – The Monolith Sourcebook; Conan the Scout; Conan – Nameless Cults; Conan – Ancient Ruins
Proofreading: John Carter – Jeddak of Jeddaks Era Sourcebook; John Carter – Prince of Helium Era Sourcebook; John Carter – Dotar Sojat Era Sourcebook; Conan the Brigand; Conan the Pirate; Conan the Barbarian
Pelgrane Press
Editing: Swords of the Serpentine; Mutant City Blues (second edition corebook); Even Death Can Die (Cthulhu Confidential)
Wordplay Games
Editing: The Book of Quests (Out of the Ashes), The Book of Beasts (Out of the Ashes), The Giant of Horcum (Liminal); Out of the Ashes quickstart; Out of the Ashes; The Oak and the Amulet (Liminal); Shadow to the Light (Liminal); Beneath the Stones (Liminal); Faeries and Folklore (Liminal)
Proofreading: Liminal Casebook