Dan Gelber (game designer)

Dan Gelber
Nationality American
Occupation Game designer

Daniel Seth Gelber is a game designer who has worked primarily on wargames and role-playing games.

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702- 58-7.
  • "Dan Gelber :: Pen & Paper RPG Database". Archived from the original on Feb 26, 2006.
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