Michael Curtis (role playing game writer)

American writer and game designer

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Michael Curtis

Nationality| American
Occupation| Game designer

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

## Career

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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

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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

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

## References

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1. ^ "The Dungeon Alphabet: An A-to-Z Reference for Classic Dungeon Design". Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
2. ^ "Special 23: Adventure Writing". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
3. ^ Maliszewski, James (4 June 2011). "Three Castles Award Winner". Grognardia.blogspot.com. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

## External links

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* http://poleandrope.blogspot.ca/