DE , ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁ ▁Category : Year ▁of ▁birth ▁missing ▁( l iving ▁people ) ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : American ▁computer ▁program mers ▁Category : American ▁video ▁game ▁design ers ▁Category : Video ▁game ▁program mers <0x0A> </s> ▁A ver num ▁is ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁dem ow are ▁role - play ing ▁video ▁games ▁by ▁Jeff ▁Vog el ▁of ▁Spider web ▁Software ▁available ▁for ▁Mac int osh ▁and ▁Windows - based ▁computers . ▁Several ▁are ▁available ▁for ▁i Pad , ▁and ▁were ▁formerly ▁available ▁for ▁Android . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁six ▁canonical ▁games ▁in ▁the ▁series . ▁The ▁first ▁three ▁games ▁in ▁the ▁series ▁and ▁the ▁non - can on ▁Bl ades ▁of ▁A ver num ▁are ▁rem akes ▁of ▁the ▁Ex ile ▁series ▁by ▁Jeff ▁Vog el , ▁who ▁own s ▁the ▁company , ▁collect ively ▁entitled ▁A ver num : ▁First ▁Tr il ogy . ▁The ▁next ▁three ▁games ▁( A ver num : ▁Second ▁Tr il ogy ), ▁also ▁by ▁Vog el , ▁were ▁released ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁respectively . ▁The ▁latter ▁games ▁are ▁entirely ▁original ▁built ▁on ▁a ▁newer ▁game ▁engine ▁and ▁not ▁a ▁re make ▁of ▁any ▁previous ▁game . ▁The ▁A ver num ▁games , ▁like ▁other ▁Spider web ▁Software ▁games , ▁are ▁designed ▁with ▁game play ▁and ▁story t elling ▁before ▁graph ical ▁elements . ▁In ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 1 ,