Robert J. Kuntz Biography

Board Game, Miniature Rules,

RPG Play-testing:

Chainmail, play-tester
D&D Rules, primary play-tester (Original 1972-1974 play-test team)
Boot Hill, play-tester
Dunkirk board game, play-tester
Little Big Horn board game, play-tester
Alexander the Great board game, play-tester
Metamorphosis Alpha, play-tester
Dungeon! board game, play-tester
Divine Right board game, play-tester
Tractics, play-tester
Ancient Warfare, play-tester
Snits Revenge board game, play-tester
Awful Green Things from Outer Space board game, play-tester
Temple of Elemental Evil, play-tester
Tricolor, play-tester

Rob Kuntz (right) and Ernie Gygax playing Stratego. Photo courtesy of John Bobek.

Game Design/Development/Editing:

RPG (Rules)

Greyhawk, Supplement 1 to D&D, co-author
Blackmoor, Supplement 2 to D&D, developer/copy-editor
Gods, Demigods & Heroes, Supplement 4 to D&D, co-author
Swords and Spells, developer credit
Empire of the Petal Throne, copy-editor
Monster Manual, editorial assistance w/ Mike Carr final proofs
Dungeon Masters Guide, non-credited contributor (as per major contributions updated from Greyhawk: Supplement #1 to Classic D&D)
Deities and Demigods, co-author
Premium Original Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying Game (2013), co-authorship

Board Games

Magus board game, designer
King of the Tabletop board game, co-designer
Lankhmar board game, co-design/development
Kings & Things board game (won 1986 Charles Roberts award), co-designer

RPG (Adventures/Resources)

Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure, author
Temple of Tharizdun, significant contributor credit

Three Little Books Adventures, author:

Sunken City

Maze of Zayene series, author:

Prisoners of the Maze, Part 1, MoZ series
Dimensions of Flight, Part 2, MoZ series
Tower Chaos, author, Part 3, MoZ series
The Eight Kings, Part 4, MoZ series

Garden of the Plantmaster, author

Fate of Istus, co-author
The Stalk, author
Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, co-design by major contributions
Daemonic & Arcane, author
The Bottle City, author
El Raja Key's Arcane Treasury, co-author
Cairn of the Skeleton King, author
Tower of Blood, co-author
The Living Room, author
Ice Grave, author

HackMaster:

Sir Robilar's City of Brass, co-author

Rob Kuntz playing Little Wars by H.G. Wells. Photo courtesy of John Bobek.

RPGA:

Journey to the City of Brass, (Dragon Con 1 tournament adventure; final round adjudicated by Kuntz & Gygax), author

Maure Castle series:

The Statuary (July 2004; Dungeon Magazine #112), author
Chambers of Antiquities (July 2005; Dungeon Magazine #124), author
The Greater Halls (Oct 2006; Dungeon Magazine #139), author

Rob Kuntz and Mark Rein-Hagen, at Lucca Comics & Games 2015

Castles & Crusades:

Castle Zagyg:

Dark Chateau, author

Convention RPG Adventures:

The Sunken City, author
The Mad House (convention workshop dungeon), lead designer
Dungeon of Death, author
Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, co-design

Electronic media:

El Raja Key Archive

Fiction (authored):

Journey to the City of the Gods short story (with commentary by David L. Arneson)
Quest for the Vermillion Volume short story
Black Festival novella

Game Design Workshops, Seminars. Panel Discussions (by Convention, 1987-present):

GENCON ● DRAGON CON ● NORTH TEXAS RPG CON ● GARY CON ● LUCCA COMICS & GAMES

Award Nominations (3)

Kings & Things board game (won)
Sir Robilar’s City of Brass (lost)
Maure Castle, Dungeon Magazine #112 (won)

"Lateral Thought Processing in Real-Time RPG Design" workshop at Lucca Comics and Games 2015

Publishers (1975-current):

TSR Hobbies
Paizo Publishing
West End Games
Different Worlds
Hobby Japan
Pegasus Spiele
Z-Man Games
Kenzer & Company
Necromancer Games
Pied Piper Publishing

Left to Right: Terry Kuntz, Rob Kuntz, John Bobek and Bill Hoyer (RIP), at Gary Con, Lake Geneva (WI)

Magazine Contributions (1973-current, by periodical):

Dungeon Magazine
Dragon Magazine
Strategic Review
Campaign Magazine
AFS Magazine
Fight On!
Wargames
The General
Troll Magazine
Crusader Magazine
Gaming Frontiers
Oerth Journal
Isola Illyon
Multiverse
La Gazette du Donjon (date TBA), via Retroclone

Conventions Chaired:

GENCON 8 & 9, Chairman
Winter Fantasy 1, Chairman

Game Industry/Hobby Distinctions/Notable Achievements:

IFW member; LGTSA President; “King” Castle & Crusades Society; Editor, The Domesday Book; lead play-tester Dungeons & Dragons; TSR founding era employee; 3rd longest-standing Fantasy RPG world (World of Kalibruhn, designed top>down); first fiction published by TSR (Quest for the Vermillion Volume); TSR's content editor for Judges Guild licensed D&D products; President Creations Unlimited and Pied Piper Publishing; Charles Roberts Award winner; Golden Ennie Award winner; conceptualized, forwarded and instituted the first designer-received award for RPG design excellence in the industry (the Three Castles Award).