Colin McComb (b. May 1970) is an American writer and game designer born in Evanston, Illinois. He is married to musician Robin Moulder. They currently live in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, with their two children. He has a degree in Philosophy from Lake Forest College, from which he graduated in 1991. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... A game designer is a person who designs games. ... Incorporated City in 1872. ... Robin Moulder was one of the founders of the goth-grrl group Jack Off Jill. ... Grosse Pointe Park is a city located in Wayne County, Michigan. ... Lake Forest College (founded in 1857 by Dr. Peter Klein, Ph. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Career History

Immediately after his commencement, McComb took at a job at TSR, Inc., where he produced numerous role-playing game supplements and magazine articles relating to those games. He won an Origins Award for Best Game Adventure in 1993, and another for New Role-Playing Supplement for the Birthright Campaign Setting in 1995. He is primarily known for his work on the Planescape line, for which he and Monte Cook were the primary designers after the departure of David "Zeb" Cook from TSR. TSR, Inc. ... A role-playing game (RPG, often roleplaying game) is a type of game in which the participants assume the roles of characters and collaboratively create or follow stories. ... The Origins Awards, presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design, are presented at the Origins International Game Expo for outstanding work in the game industry. ... Birthright can mean: An object or title to which a person is entitled, due to circumstances before their birth; see inheritance. ... Monte Cook is a professional game designer of some renown. ...

In 1996, McComb left TSR to take a job at Interplay Entertainment's roleplaying division, later called Black Isle Studios. While there, he had a small role in the design of Fallout 2 and a far more significant role in the design of Planescape: Torment. Interplay logo. ... Black Isle Studios was a division of the computer and video game developer and publisher Interplay Entertainment, created specifically for the development of computer role-playing games. ... Fallout 2 is a computer role-playing game published by Interplay in 1998. ... Planescape: Torment is a computer role-playing game (CRPG) that takes place in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Planescape setting. ...

McComb left Black Isle in 2000, and moved to Detroit, Michigan with Robin Moulder, who would become his wife in 2001. This article is about the year 2000. ... Nickname: Motor City, Motown Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Location in Wayne County, Michigan Coordinates: Country United States State Michigan County Wayne County Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Area    - City 370. ... Robin Moulder was one of the founders of the goth-grrl group Jack Off Jill. ... This article is about the year 2001. ...

In addition to his gaming work, McComb contributed interviews, album reviews, and concert reviews to the underground magazine Outburn. In 2004, he reunited with his Planescape cohorts in the Malhavoc Press book, Beyond Countless Doorways, which received an Honorable Mention for Best Writing at the 2005 ENnie Awards. He and his wife also designed and wrote the manual for the MMORPG RYL in 2005. The ENnies are annual, fan-based awards for tabletop role-playing game products and publishers. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Notable Work

TSR

• Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
  • The Complete Book of Elves
  • Dragon Mountain
• Amazing Engine
  • The Galactos Barrier
  • Bughunter (additional design)
• Birthright
  • Birthright Campaign Setting
  • Players Guide to Endier
  • Sword and Crown
• Dark Sun
  • The Complete Gladiators' Handbook
• Dragonlance
  • Taladas: The Minotaurs
  • Knight's Sword
  • Tales of the Lance
• Dungeons & Dragons
  • Thunder Rift
• Planescape
  • Planescape Campaign Setting (monster design)
  • Planes of Law
  • Planes of Conflict
  • Players Primer to the Outlands (Audio CD script)
  • Well of Worlds
  • Hellbound: The Blood War
  • On Hallowed Ground
  • Faces of Evil: The Fiends
  • The Great Modron March
• Ravenloft
  • Islands of Terror
  • Howls in the Night
  • Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III: Creatures of Darkness (additional design)
  • Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales

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Black Isle Studios

• Fallout 2
• Planescape: Torment
• Red Asphalt (in-game commercial scripting)

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External links

• MobyGames entry for Colin McComb
• Pen & Paper RPG Database Bibliography for Colin McComb
• A Talk with Colin McComb