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Matt Forbeck (born August 4, 1968)[1] is an American author and game designer from Beloit, Wisconsin. BiographyForbeck first became interested in role-playing games at age 13 when he started playing Dungeons & Dragons.[2] He graduated in 1989 from the Residential College at the University of Michigan with a degree in creative writing.[3] Forbeck has worked full-time on games and fiction since graduating from college.[3] He was the editor on an adventure by Gary Gygax for New Infinities called Epic of Yarth: Necropolis.[4]{{rp|239}} He wrote Outlaw (1991) and Western Hero (1991) for the ICE/Hero Games consortium.[4]{{rp|325}} Forbeck and Shane Hensley formed Pinnacle Entertainment Group to publish Deadlands.[5] Forbeck spent four years as the president of Pinnacle and two years as the director of the adventure games division at Human Head Studios.[3] Shortly before Pinnacle and AEG dissolved their relationship, Forbeck left his company and came over to AEG, simultaneously selling his RPG Brave New World to AEG.[4]{{rp|264}} Forbeck has designed collectible card games, roleplaying games, miniatures games, and board games, and he has written short fiction, comic books, and novels for the companies Wizards of the Coast, Games Workshop, TSR, Decipher, White Wolf, Pinnacle, Green Ronin, AEG, Reaper Miniatures, Image Comics, WildStorm Productions, Idea + Design Works, and many others.[6] Forbeck has also worked for Atari, Ubisoft, Mattel, Playmates Toys, and Human Head Studios.[7] Along with game designer Jason Blair, he wrote the script for the video game Conduit 2.[8] Forbeck has won Origins Awards for Best Roleplaying Game for Deadlands and The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game, Best Miniatures Rules for Warzone and The Great Rail Wars, Best Roleplaying Adventure for Independence Day, Best Fantasy Board Game for Genestealer, and Best Short Story for "Prometheus Unwound" from The Book of All Flesh.[6] He is the author of the well-received Secret of the Spiritkeeper, the first book in the Knights of the Silver Dragon series.[6] Forbeck and his wife Ann live in Beloit, Wisconsin with their children Marty, Pat, Nick, Ken and Helen.[6] BibliographyRole-playing games
Collectible card games
FictionBlood Bowl series
Guild Wars series
Knights of the Silver Dragon series
Eberron series
Novels
Nonfiction
Collections
Essays
References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9505.Matt_Forbeck |title=Matt Forbeck (Author of Ghosts of Ascalon)}} 2. ^{{cite news |author=Jeremy Jones |date=April 6, 2008 |title=Dungeons & Dragons Co-creator Enriched the World with Fantasy |newspaper=Spartanburg Herald-Journal}} 3. ^1 2 About Matt » Forbeck.com 4. ^1 2 {{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7}} 5. ^{{cite news |newspaper=The Roanoke Times |date=October 8, 1998 |title=Niche Found in Game World: Their Business Is a Game |author=Paul Dellinger}} 6. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://ww2.wizards.com/Books/Wizards/Bios/default.aspx?doc=MattForbeck|title=Matt Forbeck|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224005415/http://ww2.wizards.com/Books/Wizards/Bios/default.aspx?doc=MattForbeck|archivedate=February 24, 2009}} 7. ^{{Cite book | contribution=Space Hulk | title=Hobby Games: The 100 Best | last=Forbeck | first=Matt | authorlink= | editor-last=Lowder | editor-first=James | editor-link=James Lowder | publisher=Green Ronin Publishing | year=2007 | pages=284–287 | isbn=978-1-932442-96-0}} 8. ^{{Cite web|url = http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/interviews/a302096/eric-nofsinger-conduit-2.html#~oOHDCUyhckeIqd|title = Eric Nofsinger ('Conduit 2')|date = Feb 4, 2011|accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }} 9. ^{{cite news |newspaper=The Guardian |date=December 11, 2010 |title=Review: Amortals, by Matt Forbeck |author=Eric Brown |page=9}} 10. ^{{cite news |newspaper=Canberra Times |date=September 4, 2011 |page=A26}} 11. ^Leverage: The Con Job » Forbeck.com 12. ^The Con Job - Books by Matt Forbeck - Penguin Group (USA) 13. ^{{cite news |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=December 11, 2011 |title=Gifts for the Pop Culture Fan |author=Sharon Eberson |page=A10}} External links
9 : 1968 births|21st-century American male writers|21st-century American novelists|American male novelists|Dungeons & Dragons game designers|Living people|People from Beloit, Wisconsin|Role-playing game designers|University of Michigan alumni |
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