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    • Source: Robert J. Schwalb

      • Robert J. Schwalb is a writer in the role-playing game industry, and has worked as a game designer and developer for such games as Dungeons & Dragons, A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, Shadow of the Demon Lord, and many other RPG supplements.


      Career


      Robert J. Schwalb has worked for Wizards of the Coast. His works produced for the Dungeons & Dragons game include: Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells (2006, with Robin Laws), Drow of the Underdark (2007, with Ari Marmell, Anthony Pryor, and Greg A. Vaughan), Elder Evils (2007), Exemplars of Evil (2007), Tome of Magic (2006, with Matthew Sernett, Dave Noonan, and Ari Marmell), Player's Handbook II (2006).
      He has also worked for Green Ronin Publishing on Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, and made contributions to Witch Hunter: The Invisible World for Paradigm Concepts (2007).
      Schwalb worked for years as a developer and staff member at Green Ronin.: 376  Schwalb, Patrick O'Duffy and Chris Pramas wrote The Pirate's Guide to Freeport (2007), a 256-page sourcebook about the city of Freeport, published by Green Ronin.: 375  Schwalb designed the game A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying, which was previewed at Free RPG Day in 2008 and published in 2009; this was the final project by Schwalb for Green Ronin before he before he went to work for Wizards of the Coast.: 376  His additional role-playing work includes work for Black Industries, Fantasy Flight Games, and several other companies.
      Schwalb worked as the writer beginning in 2008 on the "Demonomicon of Iggwilv" column as part of the online version of Dragon, beginning with articles for the demon characters Yeenoghu and Baphomet.
      Schwalb also co-wrote Divine Power, a 4th Edition D&D supplement, which made the Wall Street Journal Best-Seller list for July 2009.
      In 2012, Schwalb became one of the lead designers for the fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons. He also wrote for Monte Cook Games' Numenera line, including the Numenera Character Options book and the adventure Beyond All Worlds.
      In 2014, after completing his work on the fifth edition, Schwalb launched Schwalb Entertainment and began writing a new RPG entitled Shadow of the Demon Lord.
      In 2018, Schwalb contributed to the new Judge Dredd role-playing game, Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000 AD, by EN World's EN Publishing.
      In late 2019, Schwalb created a new roleplaying game, using the same system as Shadow of the Demon Lord, Punkapocalyptic role-playing game. The world has gone down and nearly everyone who has lived through it has gone mad. In PunkApocalyptic: The Roleplaying Game, based on the wild and irreverent miniatures game of the same name by Bad Roll Games, you and your friends assume the roles of mercenaries who roam the Wasteland. The game was released using Kickstarter.


      Dragon and Dungeon magazine articles


      Schwalb, Robert J. "Elder Evils: Shothragot." Dragon #362. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2008. Available online: Dragon: Features
      -----. "The Essence of Evil." Dungeon #152. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2007. Available online: Dungeon #152 Table of Contents
      -----. "Infernal Aristocracy: Dukes of Hell." Dragon #360. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2007. Available online: Dragon #360 Table of Contents
      -----. "Into the Maw." Dungeon #147. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, June 2007.
      -----. "Lassiviren the Dark: Ruthless Assassin." Dungeon #114. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, September 2004.
      -----. "Shadow of Shothragot: The Price of Survival." Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2007. Available online: Dragon: Features


      Awards


      Grimm (Fantasy Flight Games), designer - 2004 Silver ENnie Award for Best d20 Game
      Book of Fiends (Green Ronin Publishing), designer - 2004 Silver ENnie for Best Revision, Update or Compilation
      Advanced Bestiary (Green Ronin Publishing), developer - 2005 Silver ENnie for Best Monster or Adversary Product
      Black Company campaign setting (Green Ronin Publishing), designer - 2005 Silver ENnie for Best Campaign Setting or Setting Supplement
      Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (Black Industries), additional design - 2005 Gold ENnie for Best Game
      Tome of Horrors 3 (Necromancer Games), additional design - 2006 Gold ENnie for Best Adversary/Monster Product
      Children of the Horned Rat (Black Industries), design and development - 2007 Silver ENnie for Best Writing
      Warhammer Fantasy RolePlay: Lure of the Liche Lord (Black Industries), additional design and development - 2007 Gold ENnie for Best Adventure
      Elder Evils (Wizards of the Coast), lead designer - 2008 Silver ENnie for Best Monster/Adversary
      Pirate's Guide to Freeport (Green Ronin Publishing), designer - 2008 Silver ENnie for Best Setting
      A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying (Green Ronin Publishing), designer - 2009 Silver ENnie for Best Rules
      Player's Handbook 3 (Wizards of the Coast), designer - 2010 Silver ENnie for Best Supplement
      Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide - 2011 nomination for Best Games Supplement Origins award


      References




      External links


      Robert J. Schwalb's Official Site
      Schwalb Entertainment, LLC's Official Site
      "Robert J. Schwalb at Pen-Paper.net". Archived from the original on May 1, 2010.
      Dragon Con guest page
      Wizards articles by Robert J Schwalb

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