| 词条 | David Kenzer |
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|name = David Kenzer |image = |image_size = |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = |birth_place = |spouse = |nationality = American |residence = |other_names = |known_for = |education = |employer = |occupation = Game designer |home_town = |website = }} David S. Kenzer is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. CareerDavid Kenzer started the game company Kenzer & Company with friends Brian Jelke and Steve Johansson, and their initial project was The Kingdom of Kalamar (1994), a systemless fantasy setting.[1]{{rp|309}} Kenzer was a lawyer who knew how trademark law worked, and had "suitable for use with Advanced Dungeons & Dragons on the back cover, and included the disclaimer text "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons is a registered trademark of TSR Hobbies, Inc. Use of this trademark is NOT sanctioned by the holder."[1]{{rp|309}} Following the publication of The Kingdom of Kalamar, Kenzer had formed a casual relationship with AEG, who was then putting out Shadis magazine, edited by Jolly Blackburn.[1]{{rp|309}} When Blackburn left AEG, Kenzer and the staff of Kenzer & Company wanted to get Blackburn to join their company, and the turning point came in November 1996 when David Kenzer and others were visiting Blackburn over the course of a local con, during which Blackburn became convinced that Kenzer had the sort of business sense and integrity that he was looking for in a partner.[1]{{rp|309}} Kenzer & Company began publishing Blackburn's Knights of the Dinner Table comic books, and starting with issue #5 (February 1997) it was not just the work of one person but instead of the "KoTD Development Team" which consisted of Blackburn, Kenzer, Jelke and Johansson.[1]{{rp|310}} Kenzer acquired the license to Advanced Dungeons & Dragons from Wizards of the Coast that allowed the company to release HackMaster (2001) as a satire of AD&D.[1]{{rp|311}} When Wizards released 4th edition D&D in 2008, Kenzer was unwilling to sign the Game System License that Wizards was offering, and he thus published a 501-page PDF of Kingdoms of Kalamar (2008) without authorization from Wizards.[1]{{rp|312}} References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702- 58-7}} External links
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