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Game Designer · Author

Ken St. Andre

1947– · Role-Playing Games

The dungeon takes a wilder turn

An American designer who created one of the earliest role-playing games with fast rules and a playful voice.

Tunnels & Trolls is the Chronicle marker for Ken St. Andre, connecting this work to the wider development of Role-Playing Games.

Why the work endures

His accessible alternative showed immediately that role-playing could support multiple systems and sensibilities.

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