Gladius Games was founded in 2012 by Matt Puccio, a veteran of the video game industry. After working on several AAA MMO titles, Matt's lifelong love of all types of games led him to work on a number of freelance projects including non-video game work.

Matt provides professional, freelance Game Design in the following areas:

• Game systems design
• Video game design
• Board, card, and miniature game design
• RPG scenario design

Matt has professional experience in game design and agile software development. Additionally, he has extensive experience designing tabletop games - miniatures, board and card games, RPG supplements - as well as writing and producing gaming events. He has also implemented a number of puzzle Geocaches, GPS-based treasure hunts.

Game Design

• A Balance of Blood - Call of Cthulhu RPG Scenario - Author
• A Light in Darkness - Call of Cthulhu RPG Scenario - Author
• Hypergraphia - A Cthulhu Mythos fanzine - Editor & Publisher
• Armor: Victory in Europe - Game design
• The Armitage Files Geocache GPS Treasure Hunt - Puzzle design, props creation
• Warrior's Lair - PS3/Vita dungeon crawler, Idol Minds - Economy, itemization, rewards
• LEGO Universe - MMO, NetDevil - Lead Systems Designer and Game Systems Product Owner
• Auto Assault, MMO, NetDevil - Item and reward design
• RPG Review (Issue 18) - Contributor
• Fantasy Rules System, International Fantasy Gaming Society - Combat balance, class ability design, game balance