Gerry Klug

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Gerry Klug
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Gerard Christopher Klug
NationalityAmerican
Occupation Game designer

Gerard Christopher Klug is an American game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.

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Career

Trained as a theatrical lighting designer, Gerry (Chris) Klug worked on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theater, opera, and toured with various 1970s rock bands. [1] He won two New Jersey Critic's Circle Awards for lighting designs at the New Jersey Theater Forum. [1]

Klug then began writing adventures for Simulations Publications's line of role-playing games. [1] He assisted with the design of Universe , Horror Hotel, Damocles Mission , and the second edition of DragonQuest . [1] Klug and Robert Kern discussed creating an espionage role-playing game while working as designers at SPI; after SPI was purchased by TSR in 1982, eight SPI employees quit and Avalon Hill hired them to form their Victory Games subsidiary. [2] : 175  Klug began working on his espionage design again, and when Victory Games acquired a James Bond license the game became James Bond 007 (1983). [2] : 175  For a time, he was also design director for Victory Games. [1] Jennell Jaquays [a] , with David J. Ritchie and Klug, designed the adventure The Shattered Statue (1988) for Dungeons & Dragons , although the adventure was also compatible with DragonQuest . [3]

Klug then began a career in the computer game field, with his credits including Star Trek DS9: Dominion Wars , Europa Universalis , Diamond Dreams Baseball , and Aidyn Chronicles: First Mage . [1] From 2001 through 2004, Klug served as creative director for EA's MMORPG, Earth & Beyond . [1] Klug was the creative director for Stargate Worlds and the creative consultant for Stargate: Resistance . [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Credited as Paul Jaquays.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Klug, Chris "Gerry" (2007). "Napoleon's Last Battles". In Lowder, James (ed.). Hobby Games: The 100 Best . Green Ronin Publishing. pp. 213–216. ISBN   978-1-932442-96-0.
  2. 1 2 Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN   978-1-907702-58-7.
  3. ↑ Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 92. ISBN   0-87975-653-5.
  4. ↑ Sumner, Darren (December 8, 2009). "Firesky announces Stargate Resistance video game". GateWorld. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
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