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Game designer behind Frostgrave, Rangers of Shadow Deep, Stargrave, Oathmark, and The Silver Bayonet.Joseph McCullough Joe McCullough Games from the Grave
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Joseph A. McCullough

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Game designer behind Frostgrave, Rangers of Shadow Deep, Stargrave, Oathmark, and The Silver Bayonet.

Joseph A. McCullough designed Frostgrave, the wizard warband game published by Osprey Games, and built a family of games on the same d20 engine. That family includes Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago, Stargrave, Oathmark, and The Silver Bayonet.

He also designed Rangers of Shadow Deep, a solo and co-op adventure game he self-published in 2018. Modiphius now publishes the core book, and he still self-publishes most of its missions. His other games include Deathship One, Operation: Last Train, and Hairfoot Jousting.

Games

aRU-MOR's Second Edition cover art: a hooded wizard hurls purple lightning at a young wizard behind a golden shield while soldiers brawl in snowy ruins

Frostgrave

Joseph A. McCullough's wizard warband game from Osprey. Rival wizards, their apprentices, and a handful of hired soldiers loot the frozen ruins of Felstad for treasure and lost magic.

Skirmish · 2+ players · Mini-agnostic · $25
A painted 28mm infantry unit with blue kite shields, plumed helmets, and a tall blue banner stands on square bases, facing a block of dark-armoured spearmen with red spears in the foreground

Oathmark

Joseph A. McCullough's fantasy mass-battle game from Osprey. You build a kingdom, raise an army of dwarves, elves, humans, goblins, or a mix of them from its territories, and fight a campaign to grow it. The Second Edition came out in 2026.

Army · 2 players · Mini-agnostic · $25
Barrett Stanley's cover art: a hooded ranger with a sword walks into a red-shadowed pine forest as bats scatter

Rangers of Shadow Deep

Joseph A. McCullough's solo and co-op miniatures adventure game. You play rangers on missions into the Shadow Deep, a creeping darkness swallowing the kingdom of Alladore.

Skirmish · 1–4 players · Mini-agnostic · $19
Stargrave cover art: a hulking armoured robot fires a heavy gun at a green-skinned alien who holds back the shots with a crackling blue energy shield, while a scarred crewman with a pistol ducks into cover

Stargrave

Joseph A. McCullough's sci-fi skirmish game from Osprey, built on the Frostgrave engine. A captain, a first mate, and up to eight hired crew hunt for loot in a galaxy run by pirate fleets.

Skirmish · 2+ players · Mini-agnostic · $25
Painted 28mm miniatures in a wooded glade: a British officer in a bicorne, a monster hunter in a top hat with an axe and hammer, a redcoat and a rifleman, facing a snarling black wolf and a werewolf, with another beast lurking behind a tree

The Silver Bayonet

Joseph A. McCullough's skirmish game of Napoleonic gothic horror from Osprey Games. A small unit of monster hunters fights vampires, werewolves, and rival nations, solo, co-op, or head to head, across a campaign.

Skirmish · 1+ players · Mini-agnostic · $25