Adam Williams and David McKenzie-Cole founded Claymore Entertainment, Inc in 2008. Claymore Entertainment’s headquarters is located in Wasilla, Alaska surrounded by the mountains of the Chugach and Talkeetna Range. The company is dedicated to creating and bringing to market the absolutely best quality games possible. Claymore Entertainment is interested in making games that appeal to both the hard core gamer and the casual family. The company is looking forward to bring forth its first product, Hero’s Bane, along with other games that are currently in development. 

David McKenzie-Cole

I was born in Anchorage, Alaska in 1977 during a hot summer day. I grew up in the woods around Big Lake, Alaska on my family’s property. My childhood was full of adventure playing in the woods, swamps and lakes of the area. I also lived the life of a gypsy during the short summer months. My family owns and runs a pottery studio and we sell our pots at galleries and various fairs. We camped in a tent behind our booth and I enjoyed this vagabond life amongst other fair vendors’ children. 

When I was eight my family bought our first sail boat and my summers were then filled with cruising the sea and beachcombing. My family and I sailed down the Inside Passage when I was ten years old. We sold our first boat in Seattle. Our 2^nd sail boat we bought in San Diego and for the next two years cruised the Baja Peninsula in Mexico. We also sailed from Mexico to Hawaii, then back to Alaska. 

My folks gave me my first RPG game, the original D&D, when we celebrated my eleventh birthday in a place called Bishop’s Bay in Canada. I immediately loved the chance to tell stories and share my ideas with others I finagled in to playing with me. I graduated high school from the Wasilla Alternative School and proceeded to study writing at the University of Alaska Anchorage, though I have never received a degree. I also have a long standing love of video and photography. I have worked in many jobs as disparate as electrical apprentice and writing movie reviews for the local paper. I have worked many years in video production with a video company in Anchorage.  Beginning at the age of three, I made and sold pottery. My first pots were pinch pots and later I progressed to the potter’s wheel. Today I sell my work at fairs along with my father. I like to say that I am genetically stuck, both of my parents are artists, and my mother’s family has been artists for many generations. Today I am happily married with a wonderful 4 year old daughter. In 2008 my best friend, Adam, and I started our company, Claymore Entertainment Inc.

Adam Williams

Born and raised in Wasilla, Alaska, I spent most of my first 22 years as a commercial fisherman on the pristine waters of the Prince William Sound. As a third generation fisherman, my family was heavily steeped in industry lore, techniques and special fishing areas. During that time I learned responsibility, hard work, and what it takes to be successful. When I was seven years old I had a chance encounter with a young boy named David and, after several rock fights later, we became the best of friends, and still are to this day.

During those earlier years I was introduced to my first Roll Playing Game (RPG). Of course, you guessed it...It was Dungeons and Dragons, which I immediately fell in love with and have been playing RPG's ever since. I attended Houston Jr/Sr High School in Houston, Alaska, and graduated in 1996. I had no ambitions in attending college and thought I had everything planned out for the future. I was determined to be a commercial fisherman like my father and my grandfather before me; however, I didn't anticipate meeting the woman of my dreams and changing my commercial fishing aspirations. I left the fishing industry at 22 to spend more time with my wife. I got a nine to five job working at a national retail chain store. There, I helped run the paint and hardware department where I learned about purchasing, procurement, logistics and invoicing. After four years, I left to pursue a culinary arts degree graduating at the top of my class. After graduating, I was offered a job with a catering company on the North Slope in Alaska and within a year I was promoted to Food Warehouse Manager, where I currently work today.