About Broken Doll Studios

Broken Doll Studios, LLC, is based in Denton, Texas just north of the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex. It is founded and run by Christopher Ashe along with the help and support of friends and family. Our goal as a role-playing game publisher is to bring to the players far more than just gaming books, but make them eventually an important part of the publishing and creation process. Without the players, there is no game and it is all of you who make this dream a reality.

History

Broken Doll Studios was formerly Pangea Games, formed in 2002. Since then much has changed in the lives of those involved and in the products and design. However, one key point remains the same: both company title's draw their influence from the Maxx, a comic book series by Sam Kieth also made into a television series by MTV in the 90s. Pangea was the name for the world the Maxx travels to in the comics. However, as the company progressed, the image of Pangea seemed not to fit quite right. The image of a Broken Doll evoked many different emotions in people; nostalgia, innocence lost and carries an underlying tone often of decay, as is such with the Cycle of Existence and its themes. There is a point during a key flashback scene in teh Maxx where the character Julie Winters remembers a doll as a key item of trauma in her childhood. During one scene she utters the line "Quit whining like a...a broken doll.." and from there it just kind of stuck.

On this page we provide you with a bit of insight into the people that make Seven13, the Cycle of Existence and Broken Doll Studios a reality. None of us really have any wish to seem mysterious, out-of-reach or above anyone else. In the end we're all just gamers like you and have been for many years. So long as we all remember that we still have a reason to be here.

- Christopher Ashe, December '05

Christopher Ashe (Lead Designer/Owner)

Christopher Ashe (Ashe or "Ghost" to his friends) is the sole creator of Seven13 and the Cycle of Existence, and the Founder of Broken Doll Studios. He has been working on various incarnations of the Seven13 generic game engine and the Cycle of Existence for over fifteen years and, beyond game creation, is a graphic designer and computer technician. Ashe has spent the majority of his life role-playing and studying every aspect of it, from table-top gaming to psychology to stage and screen methods of acting. When not working on various projects for Broken Doll, Ashe is generally sleeping as that's pretty much all he does. However, when he gets the time, Ashe enjoys martial arts, reading, music composition and spending time with his two children.

Ashe's primary influences include the writings of Stephen King (everything) and far too many movies and musical groups to name on this page. Ashe's role-playing influences include Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, Call of Cthulhu (Chaosium version), the first and second edition World of Darkness games. Ashe gets distracted when he should be working by playing World of Warcraft, Starcraft, and the Need for Speed and Tony Hawk games.

"Keep the Memory, live in the Now, Believe in the Dream. Walk in Balance"

Others

Well we're currently waiting to interview and assemble biographies from everyone else right now, so check back if you'd like more info on the people who make Broken Doll possible.