Mike Pohjola

Mikko "Mike" Pohjola (born 15 October 1978[1]) is a Finnish playwright, novelist, and game designer.

[2] He is the author of Sinä vuonna 1928, 1827, Maailman hauskin, Myrskyn aika, Star Wreck Roleplaying Game, Tähti, Kadonneet kyyneleet, Ihmisen poika, and Age of the Tempest.

He is also the narrative designer and main writer of the Agemonia board game.

In Nordic live action role-playing (larp) circles, he is known as the author of "the Manifesto of the Turku School" (2000), advocating immersive gaming, as the designer of several experimental larps,[4] and as the author of several published roleplaying books.

Several of Pohjola's artistic and theoretical articles have been published in journals and magazines in Europe and the United States.