The Gates of Firestorm Peak was an adventure written by the author who worked on which game series for Wizards of the Coast?
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The Gates of Firestorm Peak The Gates of Firestorm Peak is an adventure module for the second edition of the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. The adventure was published in 1996, and was written by Bruce Cordell, with cover art by Jeff Easley and interior art by Arnie Swekel.
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Bruce Cordell Bruce Robert Cordell (born 1968 ) is an American author of roleplaying games and fantasy novels. He has worked on "Dungeons & Dragons" games for Wizards of the Coast. He won the Origins Award for "Return to the Tomb of Horrors" and has also won several ENnies. He lives in Seattle.
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Scott Murphy (video game designer) Scott Murphy (born October 13, 1954) is an American video game designer, programmer, and writer who developed several adventure games, mostly for Sierra On-Line. He is best known for creating the "Space Quest" series, mostly with his fellow "Guy from Andromeda", Mark Crowe.
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Michael Breault Michael Breault (born May 28, 1958 in Central Falls, Rhode Island) is a game designer and editor, and an author of several products for the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game from TSR.
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D&amp;D Championship Series The D&D Championship Series was a yearly "Dungeons & Dragons" championship run at Gen Con. Prior to 2008, the event was known as the D&D Open Championship. The Open first ran in 1977, and was discontinued in 2013. Teams of players competed to complete and score well in a pre-written, multi-part adventure, with higher-ranking teams advancing to later rounds. Eventually a single winning team was selected based on scores. The event was brought back by Wizards of the Coast in 2016 with an adjusted format and for the Origins Game Fair.
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The Warlock of Firetop Mountain The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is a single-player adventure gamebook written by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, and illustrated by Russ Nicholson. Originally published by Puffin Books in 1982, the title is the first gamebook in the Fighting Fantasy series. It was later republished by Wizard Books in 2002. As well as launching the Fighting Fantasy series, the gamebook inspired two direct sequels and five novels, and was adapted into a board game and a video game.
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Lords of Waterdeep Lords of Waterdeep is a German-style board game designed by Peter Lee and Rodney Thompson and published by Wizards of the Coast in 2012. The game is set in Waterdeep, a fictional city in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game. Players take the role of masked rulers of Waterdeep, deploying agents and hiring adventurers to complete quests and increase their influence over the city.
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Steve Fawkner Steve Fawkner is an Australian video game designer, programmer, and composer. He created the "Warlords" game series in 1989 and more recently the "Puzzle Quest" series.
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Alpha Blitz Alpha Blitz is a word game designed by Mike Selinker and published by Wizards of the Coast. "Alpha Blitz" is based on the concept of a letter bank, as players make words using the letter cards on the table as many times as they like (e.g., LENS can become SENSELESSNESS). The game contains 98 letter cards and 10 "blitzes" (lightning bolt cards) that destroy letters and bring the game toward conclusion.
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Tim Powers Timothy Thomas "Tim" Powers (born February 29, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Powers has won the World Fantasy Award twice for his critically acclaimed novels "Last Call" and "Declare". His 1987 novel "On Stranger Tides" served as inspiration for the "Monkey Island" franchise of video games and was optioned for adaptation into the .
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Steve Miller (game designer) Steve Miller is a game designer and editor who has worked on a number of products for the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game from Wizards of the Coast, and other role-playing games.
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Troy Christensen Troy Christensen (born July 16, 1964) is an American author and game designer. Based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he is an established figure in the role-playing game community.
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White Plume Mountain White Plume Mountain is an adventure module for the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game, written by Lawrence Schick and published by TSR in 1979. The 16-page adventure bears the code "S2" ("S" for "special"). The adventure is a dungeon crawl where the players' characters are hired to retrieve three "notorious" magical weapons: a trident, a war hammer and a sword, each possessing its own intelligence. The adventure contains art by Erol Otus, and a cover by Jeff Dee. A sequel, "Return to White Plume Mountain", was published in 1999, and an updated version conforming to v3.5 rules was released online in 2005. The original was again updated for the 5th edition in 2017 as the fourth part of "Tales from the Yawning Portal".
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Adventure (Dungeons &amp; Dragons) In the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game, an adventure or module is a pre-packaged book or box set that helps the Dungeon Master manage the plot or story of a game. The term "adventure" is currently used by the game's publisher Wizards of the Coast.
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Hordes of Dragonspear Hordes of Dragonspear is an adventure for the 2nd edition of the "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game, published in 1992. The cover illustration by Doug Chaffee originally appeared in the "AD&D" "The Player's Handbook" (1989).
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Theon Greyjoy Theon Greyjoy is a fictional character in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation "Game of Thrones". Theon is the son and heir of Balon Greyjoy, taken as a ward by Lord Eddard Stark following Balon's failed rebellion.
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Campaign Cartographer Campaign Cartographer is a Windows program created by ProFantasy Software originally in 1993, designed to draw maps for role playing and miniature war games. The CAD engine is based on FastCAD, although most of code is written by the publishers. It includes a variety of add-ons for different genres, including fantasy, modern and science fiction. Campaign Cartographer 3, was released on 30 June 2006 and has since been updated 9 times. There are currently 9 add-ons for Campaign Cartographer; 6 drawing add-ons that add tools, templates, and symbol catalogs and 3 symbol set add-ons consisting of thousands of symbols. Campaign Cartographer has been used to illustrate novels such as "Shades of Gray" by Lisanne Norman, "Le Temple Des Eaux-Mortes" by Eric Ferris, and "Johannes Cabal the Detective" by Jonathan L. Howard. The "Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas", published by TSR, Inc. in 1999, was likewise constructed using Campaign Cartographer.
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Against the Giants Against the Giants is an adventure module written by Gary Gygax and published by TSR in 1981 for the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. It combines the G series of modules previously published in 1978: "Steading of the Hill Giant Chief", "Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl", and "Hall of the Fire Giant King". All three were produced for use with the 1st edition "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" rules. In 1999, to recognize the 25th anniversary of TSR, the company released an updated version, "". Later in 1999, Wizards of the Coast published a novelization of "Against the Giants" by Ru Emerson.
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Neal Stephenson Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer and game designer known for his works of speculative fiction.
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Loren L. Coleman Loren L. Coleman is a science-fiction writer, born and grew up in Longview, Washington. He is known for having written many books for series such as "Star Trek", "Battletech"/"Mechwarrior", "Age of Conan", "Crimson Skies", "" and others. He has also written game fiction and source material for such companies as FASA Corporation, TSR, Inc. and Wizards of the Coast. He resides in Washington with his wife Heather and three children.
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Matt James (game designer) Matt James (born 1981) is an American game designer and a decorated veteran of the United States Army. As a game designer, James is best known for his online and print works for the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game published by Wizards of the Coast, "Pathfinder" role-playing game by Paizo, and Privateer Press. He has also designed game content for Wolfgang Baur's Kobold Press (formerly Open Design LLC). In 2012 James won an ENnie Award for "" and has been nominated for several Origins Awards. In 2014, James won an ENnie Award for "".
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The Isle of Dread The Isle of Dread is an adventure for the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game. The adventure, module code "X1", was originally published in 1981. Written by David "Zeb" Cook and Tom Moldvay, it is among the most widely circulated of all "Dungeons & Dragons" adventures due to its inclusion as part of the "D&D Expert Set". In the adventure, the player characters search for a lost treasure, journey to the prehistoric Isle of Dread, and there meet new nonhuman races.