Michael Curtis (role playing game writer) explained

Michael Curtis
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Game designer

Michael Curtis is a role-playing game designer and writer.

Career

Curtis' best-selling game book “The Dungeon Alphabet” won the Three Castles Award in 2011,^[1] as well as entering a third printing with an expanded edition. Also known for his self-published mega-dungeon setting Stonehell Dungeon: Down Night-Haunted Halls (2009) and Stonehell Dungeon: Into the Heart of Hell (2014), Curtis's adventure writing style is greatly influenced by both the Old School Renaissance movement and his admitted love of the so-called “Appendix N” authors listed by Gary Gygax on page 224 of the 1st edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Masters Guide - particularly the works of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard.^[2]

Work

Writing credits include:

• Stonehell Dungeon: Down Night-Haunted Halls (2009), Author
• The Dungeon Alphabet (Goodman Games) (2011), Author
• Dungeon Crawl Classics Roleplaying Game (Goodman Games) (2012), Contributor
• Realms of Crawling Chaos (Goblinoid Games), Contributor
• Majus (Goblinoid Games) (2013), Author
• Dungeon Crawl Classics #73 Emirikol Was Framed! (Goodman Games) (2013), Author
• Dungeon Crawl Classics #75 The Sea Queen Escapes! (Goodman Games) (2013), Author
• Dungeon Crawl Classics #77 The Croaking Fane (Goodman Games) (2013), Author
• Dungeon Crawl Classics #79 Frozen in Time (Goodman Games) (2013), Author
• Dungeon Crawl Classics #80 Intrigue at the Court of Chaos (Goodman Games) (2013)
• Stonehell Dungeon: Into the Heart of Hell (2014)
• Dungeon Crawl Classics #97 The Queen of Elfland's Son (Goodman Games) (2018)

Awards

The Dungeon Alphabet - Three Castles Award 2011, North Texas RPG Con^[3]

External links

• http://poleandrope.blogspot.ca/

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Dungeon Alphabet: An A-to-Z Reference for Classic Dungeon Design . 2013-10-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130911084617/http://www.goodman-games.com/4385preview.html . 2013-09-11 . dead .
2. Web site: Special 23: Adventure Writing . 2013-10-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714152603/http://www.jennisodes.com/podcasts/adventure-writing/ . 2014-07-14 . dead .
3. Web site: Three Castles Award Winner. James. Maliszewski. 4 June 2011. Grognardia.blogspot.com. 24 May 2019.