Dan Gelber (game designer)
Daniel Seth Gelber is a game designer who has worked primarily on wargames and role-playing games.
Dan Gelber | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Game designer |
Career
Dan Gelber had created an RPG design about a computer-controlled world of dystopic adventure called "Alpha Complex" that he ran for his local group, and Gelber's friend Greg Costikyan and Eric Goldberg approached Gelber about turning the setting into a professional product.[1]:186 Gelber gave Goldberg and Costikyan his notes for the game and they turned those ideas into a complete manuscript.[1]:186 Gelber, Costikyan , and Goldberg licensed Paranoia to West End Games, and Ken Rolston helped rewrite the rules before it was published in 1984.[1]:187
Gelber also designed (with Jeffrey Simons and Evan Jones) The Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game.[2]
References
- Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702- 58-7.
- https://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9424.phtml. Missing or empty
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External links
- "Dan Gelber :: Pen & Paper RPG Database". Archived from the original on May 19, 2007.
- "Review of The Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game".
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