Michael Fiegel Explained

Michael Fiegel
Nationality:American
Known For:Ninja Burger
Occupation:Game designer

Michael L. Fiegel is an American writer and game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.

Career

Role-playing games

Fiegel was the columns editor for RPGnet from 2001 to 2005, as well as a columnist.

In 2001, Fiegel began working with Jerry Grayson of Khepera Publishing on the second edition of that company's GODSEND Agenda (2001), a superhero role-playing game set in the modern world.[1] Fiegel later co-wrote and co-designed Khepera's HELLAS: Worlds of Sun and Stone (2008) alongside Grayson.[1] He also wrote later books in the Hellas series.

Fiegel is also the creator of Ninja Burger and the author of the Ninja Burger RPG:2nd Edition (2006) and the Ninja Burger: Honorable Employee Handbook (2006). In 2009 he also wrote and published the modern horror/conspiracy-themed Vox RPG.[2]

He also authored the Baba Yaga: The First Setting in Rassiya electronic RPG supplement for Dog Soul Publishing, which won a 2006 Gold ENnie award for Best Electronic Book and was nominated for Best Writing.[3]

PC games

Fiegel has worked as a writer for two MMORPGs: Perpetual Entertainment's ,[4] and NCsoft's Aion: Assault on Balaurea.[5] He was also the lead writer for the sci-fi-themed interactive fiction game The Away Team.[6]

Books

Outside of the already mentioned Ninja Burger: Honorable Employee Handbook (published by Kensington/Citadel in 2006), Fiegel's first novel titled Blackbird was published on November 14, 2017 by Skyhorse.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Shannon Appelcline. Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. 2011. 978-1-907702-58-7.
  2. Web site: Review: "Vox" RPG. 4 March 2010. Critical Hits. 3 March 2016.
  3. Web site: 2006 Noms and Winners. 13 August 2006. Ennie Awards. 9 January 2017.
  4. Web site: Moby Games.
  5. Web site: Aion: Assault on Balaurea Game Manual.
  6. Web site: Away Team Credits.
  7. Web site: Game Designer Lands at Skyhorse. 14 October 2016. Publishers Weekly. 9 January 2017.