Greg Benage worked for Biohazard Games, publishers of Blue Planet (1997), which he designed with Jeff Barber.
[1]: 345 Fantasy Flight Games arranged to publish a new edition of Blue Planet, and as part of the arrangement Fantasy Flight Game wanted someone from Biohazard to join FFG; Benage agreed, and Fantasy Flight spent the year 2000 pushing out an entirely new line of Blue Planet products.
[1]: 345–346 Benage decided to rewrite the original game mechanics entirely and polish them up, and as a result the brand new "Synergy" system was created.
[1]: 346 Benage assisted lead designer Rob Vaughn on the Fireborn RPG from Fantasy Flight.
[1]: 346 Benage has written novels in the Eldernost fantasy series.