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| Born | Robert J. Kuntz September 23, 1955 Wisconsin, United States |
| Occupation | game designer |
| Nationality | United States |
| Writing period | 1973[1]-present |
| Genres | role-playing games |
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Robert J. Kuntz (born September 23, 1955) is a game designer and author of role-playing game publications. He is most famous for his contributions to various Dungeons & Dragons-related materials. He has authored or co-authored several iconic D&D publications, including the Maze of Zayene series, the original Greyhawk supplement, Gods, Demi-Gods & Heroes, the first edition of Deities & Demigods, and Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure.
Kuntz was TSR, Inc.'s 6th employee and served in the company in many positions, as designer, editor, Director of Shipping, columnist for the Dragon Magazine, Convention Chairman (GenCon VIII & IX and Winter Fantasy 1) and oversaw the AD&D line's licensing to Judges Guild for a short time period.
As a D&D player, Kuntz developed the famous (or perhaps infamous) character of Robilar, the first character to successfully complete Tomb of Horrors[2], among other exploits. Because of Kuntz' imaginative play of this character, Gary Gygax awarded him co-Dungeon Master status for Gygax's original Greyhawk home campaign.
As Gygax's friend and co-DM, Kuntz influenced the development of the Greyhawk milieu. For example, Gygax adapted Kuntz' dark god "Tharzduun" into the entity known today as Tharizdun. Kuntz also contributed two of the adventures published in Fate of Istus.
Kuntz originally hails from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
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Recent and current RPG projects
Kuntz wrote a series of adventures for Maure Castle, published in Paizo Publishing's Dungeon Magazine:
- Maure Castle: "The Statuary", DUNGEON #112, with Gary Gygax July 2004
- Return to Maure Castle: "Chambers of Antiquities", DUNGEON #124, July 2005
- Return to Maure Castle: "The Greater Halls", DUNGEON #139, October 2006
In 2006 he started a new company, Pied Piper Publishing, to publish his latest roleplaying adventure modules which were released on a limited-edition basis:
- Cairn of the Skeleton King (2006) with artwork by Jim Holloway, former TSR, Inc. artist.
- Tower of Blood (2007)
The following have since been published, including material from the original Lake Geneva Castle & Campaign:
- The Living Room (2008)
- The Bottle City (2008)
- El Raja Key’s Arcane Treasury with Eric N. Shook (2009)
- Daemonic & Arcane (2009)
- The Stalk (2009)
Awards
- 1986, Charles S. Roberts Award, Kings & Things board game (West End Games)
- 2005, Golden ENnie for Best Adventure[3], Maure Castle in Dungeon Magazine #112 (Paizo Publishing)
References
- ^ Kuntz, Robert J. (May 1973). "E. Gary Gygax and Rob Kuntz defending their 1965 D-Day revision". The General 1 (10).
- ^ Gygax, Gary (Sep 1976). "Letter from Gary Gygax". Alarums and Excursions (Lee Gold) (15).
- ^ Gold Winner. "ENnie Awards". enworld.org. http://www.ennie-awards.com/history/2005.asp. Retrieved 2005.
External links
- "A Partial, Annotated Bibliography of the Works of Robert J. Kuntz" from Grodog's Greyhawk Website
- Pen & Paper listing for Robert J Kuntz
- "Rob Kuntz's company, Pied Piper Publishing" Current projects and works
- "Lord of the Green Dragons" Kuntz' blog.
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