G029 - Game Designer & Writer Monte Cook

GenreTainment chats with award winning roleplaying game designer and writer Monte Cook. As a professional writer for over 20 years, he is arguably one of the most famous game designers currently living. He has written hundreds of game books, including many in the Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder settings.Cook tells us about how he started in the gaming industry and would eventually co-create D&D 3rd edition, the most famous RPG rule system ever created. He also speaks about his reasons for breaking away from Wizards of the Coast and creating his own gaming company, Malhavoc Press. Also, he talks about his fiction writing; his upcoming web series Geek Seekers, which investigates the paranormal; his upcoming game Numenera, which raised over half a million dollars in a Kickstarter campaign; and so much more.Links:GenreTainment on FacebookTelevision on the Wild Wild Web: How To Blaze Your Own TrailMarx on Twitter: @MrMarx See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.