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ⓘ About Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan
He was one of the game designers that was included in the experimental community that was connected to Gaming Outpost. When Mongoose Publishing brought the writing of Paranoia in-house, Gareth oversaw it. And he also wrote the fifth RuneQuest setting, Hawkmoon: The Roleplaying Game. He has received ENnie awards for Best New Game (Silver) for The Laundry RPG by Cubicle 7 in 2011 and the Best Rules (Silver) for Lorefinder: GUMSHOE Pathfinder Mashup by Pelgrane Press. He’s also been nominated for ENnie’s for Dead Rock Seven and Invasive Procedures for Best Adventure in 2012, an award he was nominated for again in 2013 for The Zalozhniy Quartet. He was also nominated for an Origins Award for Best RPG Supplement in 2014 The Heart of the Wild by Cubicle 7.
All Book Series by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan
Trail of Cthulhu
Series opener · book 1 of 6 · published 2008 Anthology · Kenneth Hite
Shadows Over Filmland
Book 4 of 6 · published 2010 Anthology · Kenneth Hite,Robin D. Laws
Babylon 5 Security Manual
Series opener · book 1 of 18 · published 1997 Anthology · Jim Mortimore,Roger Clark
Babylon 5 RPG and Fact Book: Signs and Portents
Book 6 of 18 · published 2003 Anthology · Matthew Sprange
Babylon 5 - A Call To Arms: Sky Full Of Stars
Book 7 of 18 · published 2005 Anthology · Matthew Sprange
Babylon 5 - A Call To Arms: Rules Supplement 3
Book 8 of 18 · published 2005 Anthology · Matthew Sprange
The Role Playing Game - Faith Manages
Book 9 of 18 · published 2006 Anthology · Matthew Sprange
Babylon 5 - A Call To Arms: Dilgar Fleet Book
Book 11 of 18 · published 2006 Anthology · Matthew Sprange
Babylon 5: The Role Playing Game--Games Master's Screen
Book 12 of 18 · published 2006 Anthology · Matthew Sprange
Babylon 5 2nd Edition - The Cold Equations
Book 13 of 18 · published 2006 Anthology · Matthew Sprange
Babylon 5 - A Call to Arms 2nd Edition: Main Rulebook
Book 15 of 18 · published 2007 Anthology · Matthew Sprange
Babylon 5 - A Call to Arms 2nd Edition: Fleet Lists
Book 16 of 18 · published 2008 Anthology · Matthew Sprange
Powers & Principalities
Book 17 of 18 · published 2009 Anthology · Matthew Sprange
Inferno! Volume 1
Series opener · book 1 of 7 · published 2018 Anthology · David Annandale
Inferno! Volume 3
Book 3 of 7 · published 2019 Anthology · Rik Hoskin,Joshua Reynolds,Nate Crowley,Guy Haley,John French,David Guymer,Graeme Lyon,Matt Keefe,MattSmith,Rob Leahy,Stephen B. Fischer
Inferno! Volume 5
Book 5 of 7 · published 2020 Co-authored · Gary Kloster,Ben Counter,Guy Haley,Anna Stephens,Rob J. Hayes,Graeme Lyon,Ben Galley,Marc Collins,Michael R. Fletcher,Sean Grigsby,Gavin G. Smith
Inferno! Volume 6
Book 6 of 7 · published 2021 Anthology · Dave Gross,Adrian Tchaikovsky,David Guymer,Matt Smith,Liane Merciel,Gavin G Smith,Eric Fomley,Noah Nguyen,Miles A Drake
The Emperor’s Finest
Latest in the series · book 7 of 7 · published 2022 Anthology · Marc Collins
Bloodlines
Series opener · book 1 of 10 · published 2020 Anthology · Chris Wraight
Broken City
Book 4 of 10 · published 2021 Co-authored · Gary Kloster,Chris Wraight,Robert Rath,J.C. Stearns,Noah Van Nguyen,Jonathan D. Beer
Sanction & Sin
Book 5 of 10 · published 2021 Anthology · Gary Kloster,Darius Hinks,Mike Brooks,Danie Ware,Jude Reid,J S Collyer,Denny Flowers,Victoria Hayward,Jonathan D Beer
The Vorbis Conspiracy
Book 7 of 10 · published 2022 Anthology · Graham McNeill,Darius Hinks,Guy Haley,Chris Wraight,Alec Worley,Jude Reid,Noah Van Nguyen
Once a Killer Part 2
Latest in the series · book 10 of 10 · published 2022 Anthology · Mitchel Scanlon
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan?
He was one of the game designers that was included in the experimental community that was connected to Gaming Outpost. When Mongoose Publishing brought the writing of Paranoia in-house, Gareth oversaw it. And he also wrote the fifth RuneQuest setting, Hawkmoon: The Roleplaying Game.
Which Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Babylon 5 Gaming & Non-Fiction series, the earliest of Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's multi-book series: it opens with Babylon 5 Security Manual (1997) and runs to 18 books across 1997–2013, ending with The Drakh (2013). Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan written?
Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan has 50 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1997 and 2026. 47 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being the Babylon 5 Gaming & Non-Fiction series with 18 books — and 3 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Babylon 5 Gaming & Non-Fiction (1997–2013, 18 books), Trail of Cthulhu RPG (2008–2017, 6 books) and Inferno! (2018–2022, 7 books), plus 3 more.
How are Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's books organised into series?
This guide splits Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan's 50 books into 6 named series and 3 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Babylon 5 Gaming & Non-Fiction (18 books, 1997–2013); Warhammer Crime (10 books, 2020–2022); Inferno! (7 books, 2018–2022); Trail of Cthulhu RPG (6 books, 2008–2017); The Black Iron Legacy (3 books, 2019–2021), plus 1 further series.