Matt Forbeck

Matt Forbeck (born August 4, 1968)^[1] is an American author and game designer from Beloit, Wisconsin.

Biography

Forbeck first became interested in

Forbeck and his wife Ann live in Beloit, Wisconsin with their children Marty, Pat, Nick, Ken and Helen.^[6]

Bibliography

Role-playing games

• Mutant Chronicles (1993)
• Deadlands (1996), contributor
• Brave New World (1999)
• Tales from the Loop (2017), additional writing
• Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game (2022)^[9]

Collectible card games

• WildStorms: The Expandable Super-Hero Card Game (1995)
• Fastbreak (1996) – a now-out-of-print collectible card game (CCG) by WildStorm based on professional basketball.^[10] It was first released in August 1996 and was designed by Matt Forbeck.^[11][12] The original set had 303 cards plus 2 promo cards, though one source claims there are 8 promo cards.^[10][11] The art was cartoony with a humor theme and was described as having a "consistent theme" with its "best traits [being] its humor and the realism".^[11] Matt Forbeck is featured on a card, and, as one of the designers, put significant effort into designing and playing the game.^[12]

Gameplay involves players taking on the role of coaches to guide their basketball players to victory. Two rows of five-man teams are lined up and a basketball token is passed between the player cards using Dribble cards.^[11] The ball moves up columns and across rows on a 5×5 grid.^[11] Counter play is initiated through Foul cards that can steal or shoot the ball that is being dribbled via Grab cards.^[11] Passes are resisted with Steals and Shoot cards resisted with Blocks.^[11] Wild cards allow effects outside of moving the ball.^[11]

Fiction

Blood Bowl series

1. Blood Bowl (2005)
2. Dead Ball (2005)
3. Death Match (2006)
4. Rumble in the Jungle (2007)

• The Blood Bowl Omnibus (2007) collects #1-3

Guild Wars series

• Ghosts of Ascalon (2010) with Jeff Grubb

Knights of the Silver Dragon series

• Secret of the Spiritkeeper (2004)
• Prophecy of the Dragons (2006)
• The Dragons Revealed (2006)
• Knights of the Silver Dragon (2008) omnibus of all three novels, with
  Linda Johns

Eberron series

• The Lost Mark:

1. Marked for Death (2005)
2. The Road to Death (2006)
3. The Queen of Death (2006)

Endless Quest series

• Escape the Underdark (2018)
• Big Trouble (2018)
• Into the Jungle (2018)
• To Catch a Thief (2018)
• Escape from Castle Ravenloft (2019)
• The Mad Mage's Academy (2019)

Magic: The Gathering comics

• Magic: The Gathering #1–4, with artist Martin Coccolo (2011–12)^[13][14]
  • Magic: The Gathering Volume 1 (
    ISBN 9781613772287
    )
• Magic: The Gathering: The Spell Thief #1–4, with artists Christian Duce, Martin Coccolo (2012)[15]^[16][17]
  • Magic: The Gathering Volume 2: The Spell Thief (tpb, 2012, IDW Publishing,
    ISBN 9781613774144
    )
• Magic: The Gathering: Path of Vengeance #1–4, with artists Jack Jadson, Martin Coccolo (2012–13)[18]^[19][20]
  • Magic: The Gathering Volume 3: Path of Vengeance (tpb, 2013, IDW Publishing,
    ISBN 9781613776377
    )

• Mutant Chronicles (2008)
• Amortals (2010)[21]
• Vegas Knights (2011)^[22]
• Carpathia (2012)
• Leverage: The Con Job (2012)^[23][24]
• Halo: New Blood (2015)^{[citation needed]}
• Halo: Legacy of Onyx (2017)
• Halo: Bad Blood (2018)^{[citation needed]}
• Minecraft Dungeons: The Rise of the Arch-Illager (2020) ^[25]

Nonfiction

• Star Wars vs. Star Trek: Could the Empire Kick the Federation's Ass? And Other Galaxy-Shaking Enigmas (2011)^[26]

Collections

• Crocodilopolis (1992)
• Space Station Boomtown 13 (1994)
• Interesting Times (1994)
• Musings (1995)
• Reconciliation (1995)
• Talking Heads (1999)
• Reborn on the Bayou (1999)
• Head Games (1999)
• Prometheus Unwound (2001)
• Coming Home (2005)
• In the Belly of the Behemoth (2011)
• The Fury Pact (2012)

Essays

• "Author's Introduction" in The Blood Bowl Omnibus (2007)

References