Wolfgang Baur

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Wolfgang Baur
Portrait of author, game designer, editor, publisher Wolfgang Baur, taken November 28, 2009.
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Illinois, United States
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Game designer, writer

Wolfgang Baur (born 1968)

game designer, best known for his work with Dragon magazine. He designs role-playing games and is known for his work at Wizards of the Coast. Baur is also the founder of Open Design LLC, later known as Kobold Press
.

Biography

Wolfgang Baur was born in a suburb of Chicago, and later attended the

University of Illinois and then Cornell University for graduate studies in biochemistry and molecular biology to pursue an academic career in research.[1] When he ran out of funding in 1991, Baur took a temporary job as assistant editor to Barbara Young at Dungeon magazine: "By the time my scholarship was reinstated, I didn't want to go back... I'd been writing for Dungeon Adventures and Iron Crown, but this was an opportunity to work in a field I loved."[1]

Baur was involved in many projects at

Star*Drive setting, Dataware, and Doom of Daggerdale.[1] Baur also worked for ICE on books such as Treasures of Middle-earth.[1] Baur also worked on the Dark•Matter setting for the Alternity science fiction role-playing game.[1] His roleplaying game titles include Frostburn, Expedition to the Demonweb Pits, Book of Roguish Luck, Castle Shadowcrag, and Empire of the Ghouls.[2]

Baur was the "Kobold-in-chief" for Open Design LLC (which changed its name to

ENnie Awards
in 2009.

Baur is a member of the Alliterates (a group of local and national authors),[7] and serves as a judge for the RPG Superstar competitions, as part of a three-judge panel of respected figures from the field.[8]

Media mentions

Wolfgang has appeared in the following newspaper and magazine articles, websites and podcasts.

Podcasts

  • Atomic Array:[9] Wolfgang appeared on these episodes: 009[10] (Kobold Quarterly 007), 015[11] (Kobold Quarterly 008), and 021[12] (Kobold Quarterly 009).
  • Open Design:[13] Co-host with Ed Healy and Rone Barton. The official podcast for Wolfgang's publishing company.
  • RPG Countdown:[14] Wolfgang appeared on these episodes: April 22, 2009[15] (Kobold Quarterly 009), November 6, 2009[16] (Kobold Quarterly 011).

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Kenson, Stephen (November 1999). "ProFiles: Wolfgang Baur". Dragon (#265). Renton, Washington: Wizards of the Coast: 28.
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  4. ^ "Grand Old Master of gaming recognized: Ed Greenwood". Colborne Chronicle. June 12, 2008. p. 8.
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  6. ^ "Diana Jones Award 2008". August 2008.
  7. ^ "Alliterates.com". Alliterates.com.
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  9. ^ Atomic Array Archived August 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Atomic Array on Facebook.
  10. ^ Kobold Quarterly 007 (Atomic Array 009). Retrieved November 7, 2008.
  11. ^ Kobold Quarterly 008 (Atomic Array 015). Retrieved January 30, 2009.
  12. ^ Kobold Quarterly 009 (Atomic Array 021). Retrieved April 24, 2009.
  13. ^ Open Design Podcast. Open Design on Facebook.
  14. ^ RPG Countdown. RPG Countdown on Facebook.
  15. ^ RPG Countdown (22 April 2009). Retrieved April 22, 2009.
  16. ^ RPG Countdown (06 November 2009). Retrieved November 6, 2009.

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