Robert J. Kuntz

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Robert J. Kuntz

TSR Veteran

Robert J. Kuntz landed on the designer's pad at Gary Gygax's house in 1968 and never looked back. Quick "peak" accomplishments: LGTSA President, 1970-1976, "King" and last editor of the Domesday Book, 1970-1972, TSR founding era employee, nearly 100 publishing credits to date including for D&D, Advanced D&D, D&D 3.0, etc. Charles Roberts Award Winner for board game design (Kings and Things); Golden ENnie Award winner for Maure Castle (Dungeon Magazine #112); and the taxi-meter of design and writing is still running with his Three Line Studio enterprise. This column is part of the D&D/RPG History series.

BURMANIA! Part 2: "Keep on Going!"

As the neutral DM I was positioned to see how the opposition to Bob Burman had manifested, especially among two primary players in my campaigns and games, James Goodfellow and Eric Shook. Where does this animus derive from?

Feb 11, 2020

BURMANIA! Part 1: Check Your Sanity at the Door

Every game club or group has one. A person who stands out from the rest mostly due to some...

Jan 2, 2020

GENCON IX: When Many Sought Adventure

GECON IX, Baby! It was happening. TSR was on a roll. The last supplement for OD&D had just...

Dec 9, 2019

Gary’s Immersion in Castle El Raja Key: The Four-Way Footsteps

(Very early 1973, 1st level of my Castle El Raja Key) -- In November of 1972 four stalwarts of...

Nov 12, 2019

Greyhawk Theatrics, Comments and Quips in Play: Snippets, Funny Lines and Outbursts from the Lake Geneva Gamers

What follows are some dear and treasured memories—snippets, funny lines, and outbursts recalled from play. Many eluded both myself and Gary over the years. But these few should serve to indicate how the majority of us gamed in those days, and especially how we gamed while the original D&D game was still in the midst of being play-tested.

Oct 21, 2019

The Beginning: 1968 and Meeting Gary Gygax and the Gygax Family

Roughly two years before Luke Gygax was born I walked through the front door of the Gygax residence at 330 Center Street in Lake Geneva. This was at the invite of Gary through his gamer friend and a very recent acquaintance of mine, Larry Zirk. Very few people from that time know of Larry Zirk, so I will tell the story of our meeting and how that would, soon thereafter, lead me to Gary's doorstep.