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Richard Snider
NationalityAmerican
OccupationGame designer

Richard L. Snider is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.

Career

Richard Snider was a member of the Midwest Military Simulation Association, along with Dave Arneson, David Wesely, Ken Fletcher, Dave Megarry John Snider, and others.[1] Snider was also one of the players in Arneson's original Blackmoor group.[2]: 177  Snider coauthored the role-playing game Adventures in Fantasy (1978) with Arneson, published through Arneson's company Adventure Games.[2]: 39  Snider also contributed to Chaosium's Thieves' World (1981).[2]: 85  Snider's game Powers & Perils (1984) was scheduled for release at Origins 1983; instead the convention was filled with empty demo rooms where the game was to have appeared, and the game finally rolled out early in 1984.[2]: 177 

References

  1. ^ Midwest Area Gaming Enthusiasts
  2. ^ a b c d Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702- 58-7.