Zeyd Issa

Game Designer, Modder, Voice Actor, Writer

Zeyd Issa

Hi there!

I’m Zeyd, and I’ve been modifying and helping out on indie game and mod projects for 16 years now. From fantasy to history, from the distant past to the far future, I have contributed to a number of projects, in a variety of roles, though mostly focussing on design, writing, and voice acting.

Whatever your project and whatever the role, I hope to be able to help!

Design Portfolio

  • VUBS

    VUBS

    Sole Designer

    A tabletop game system, Vengeance Universal Battle System (Or VUBS for short) is an era agnostic system for wargaming, involving different dice for different weaponry.

    VUBS
  • The Age of the Ring logo laid over an ominous image of the hill around Mordor as seen from Minas Tirith, the sky entirely filled with dark clouds

    Age of the Ring (Battle for Middle Earth II)

    Coder

    New factions, new heroes, new maps, new spells, a brand-new campaign and expanded War of the Ring.

    Moddb
  • The title, Battleground Europe, with a subtitle, Historical/Realism Mod for Company of Heroes 2. These are overlaid over a black and white image of Soviet Soldiers charging into battle, overlaid over a greyscale map of the German/Polish border

    Battleground Europe (Company of Heroes 2)

    Assistant Modder

    A historical realism, balance and proof of concept mod that aims to improve on Company of Heroes 2's core gameplay.

    Steam Workshop
  • The title Loreful Lizards, overlaid over an image of Lizardmen charging forth from a jungle, the boxart for the 6th edition Lizardmen army book. Saurus warriors and temple guard at the front, with skinks behind and a Slann Mage Priest casting behind

    Loreful Lizards (Total War Warhammer II)

    Lead Modder

    Fills current and potential future gaps by perusing the sacred plaques of the 5th to 8th edition Army Books.

    Steam Workshop
  • The Logo Red March is overlaid on a stampled metal floor. The hole in the R is replaced with a hammer and sickle, and the words are inlaid in a red star which is surrounded with gold leaf.

    Red March

    Assistant Lead Designer, Community Manager

    An innovative indie RTS game, aiming to implement a combination of old-school RTS gameplay on large scale maps

    Moddb
  • Boxart for Star Trek Excalibur, with a Sovereign Class Starship in spacedock

    Star Trek Excalibur

    Voice Actor: Klingon Captain

    Whether you’re giving orders to your officers or controlling your ship manually, its your responsibility to protect your crew.

    Voice Acting
Steam Workshop

Writing Portfolio

  • A Ru'ub el Hizb in blue, green, and turquoise

    Turning the Knife

    My debut novel, Turning the Knife, is a political/military thriller set in an alternate history Middle East.

    Self-designed Rub-El-Hizb

    Prologue
  • The Age of the Ring logo laid over an ominous image of the hill around Mordor as seen from Minas Tirith, the sky entirely filled with dark clouds

    Good Ship Goshkov

    Written as a wiki article, this is a piece regarding a fictional alternate history Opera created for Dawn of Victory 2289. The aim was to present a wikipedia style entry regarding a piece of artwork, expanding upon the universe of Dawn of Victory beyond ships and weaponry to culture.

    Artwork by the Dawn of Victory Team.

    Read

  • A Brother's Inheritance

    A Pastiche of Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago, following Zhivago’s brother Yevgraf as he finds Zhivago’s daughter in the aftermath of the apocalyptic battle of Kursk.

    Photo by Jarek Šedý on Unsplash

    Read
Steam Workshop