Marcus Rowland
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Marcus Rowland is a British role-playing game designer and writer known for his work on tabletop RPGs and related genre material.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Marcus Rowland canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10366596 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marcus Rowland Context triple: [The World's End, editedBy, Marcus Rowland]
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A.
Andrew Rennison
Andrew Rennison is a British public official known for serving as the inaugural Surveillance Camera Commissioner, overseeing the regulation and ethical use of CCTV and related surveillance technologies in the UK.
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B.
Matthew Rolph
Matthew Rolph is an American actor and comedian best known for his marriage to actress and comedian Mary Lynn Rajskub.
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C.
Darren Smyth
Darren Smyth is a European patent attorney and commentator known for his work in intellectual property law and contributions to patent-related scholarship and discussion.
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D.
Colin Meadows
Colin Meadows is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname Meadows, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
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E.
Mark Carlisle
Mark Carlisle was a British Conservative politician who served in senior government roles, including as Secretary of State for Education and Science under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marcus Rowland Target entity description: Marcus Rowland is a British role-playing game designer and writer known for his work on tabletop RPGs and related genre material.
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A.
Andrew Rennison
Andrew Rennison is a British public official known for serving as the inaugural Surveillance Camera Commissioner, overseeing the regulation and ethical use of CCTV and related surveillance technologies in the UK.
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B.
Matthew Rolph
Matthew Rolph is an American actor and comedian best known for his marriage to actress and comedian Mary Lynn Rajskub.
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C.
Darren Smyth
Darren Smyth is a European patent attorney and commentator known for his work in intellectual property law and contributions to patent-related scholarship and discussion.
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D.
Colin Meadows
Colin Meadows is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname Meadows, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
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E.
Mark Carlisle
Mark Carlisle was a British Conservative politician who served in senior government roles, including as Secretary of State for Education and Science under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
game designer
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person ⓘ role-playing game designer ⓘ |
| basedOn | Victorian scientific romance literature ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designedGame |
Diana: Warrior Princess
NERFINISHED
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Forgotten Futures NERFINISHED ⓘ The Original Flatland Role Playing Game NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Heliograph Inc. (as publisher of some of his works) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Victorian and Edwardian speculative fiction adaptations
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science fiction role-playing games ⓘ tabletop role-playing game design ⓘ |
| genre |
role-playing games
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tabletop role-playing games ⓘ |
| hasBibliographyOn |
Pen & Paper RPG Database
NERFINISHED
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RPGGeek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.forgottenfutures.com/ ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableFor |
creating the Forgotten Futures role-playing game
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early distribution of RPG material via shareware and CD-ROM ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Diana: Warrior Princess
NERFINISHED
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Diana: Warrior Princess (satirical RPG) NERFINISHED ⓘ Forgotten Futures NERFINISHED ⓘ Forgotten Futures: The Carnacki Cylinders NERFINISHED ⓘ Forgotten Futures: The Log of the Astronef NERFINISHED ⓘ Forgotten Futures: The Scientific Romance Role Playing Game NERFINISHED ⓘ Forgotten Futures: Tsar Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ The Original Flatland Role Playing Game NERFINISHED ⓘ The Original Flatland Role Playing Game (RPG based on Edwin A. Abbott's Flatland) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
role-playing game designer
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writer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Marcus Rowland Description of subject: Marcus Rowland is a British role-playing game designer and writer known for his work on tabletop RPGs and related genre material.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.