Dean Shomshak
Encyclopedia
Dean Shomshak is the author of supplements for role playing games. Starting his career writing articles for game magazines, he moved on to writing supplements for Hero Games
's Champions
system, and currently writes for White Wolf Game Studio
.
Hero Games
Hero Games is the publisher of the Hero System, a generic roleplaying rules set that can be used to simulate many different genres, and was the co-developer of the Fuzion system.-History:...
's Champions
Champions (role-playing game)
Champions is a role-playing game published by Hero Games that is designed to simulate and function in a four-color superhero comic book world. It was created by George MacDonald, Steve Peterson, Bruce Harlick, and Ray Greer....
system, and currently writes for White Wolf Game Studio
White Wolf, Inc.
White Wolf Publishing is an American gaming and book publisher. The company was founded in 1991 as a merger between Lion Rampant and White Wolf Magazine, and was initially led by Mark Rein·Hagen of the former and Steve and Stewart Wieck of the latter. Since White Wolf Publishing, Inc. merged with...
.
Magazine articles
- "A Ghastly Grimoire," DRAGON #126 (October, 1987)
- "The Dragon's Bestiary: Colder Than Ice," DRAGON #129 (January, 1988)
- "Unspeakable Secrets Made Easy," DRAGON #150 (October, 1989)
- "The Well-Rounded Monster Hunter," DRAGON #150 (October, 1989)
- "How Far Did Grond Throw You?" Adventurer's Club #20 (Spring, 1993)
- "What the Deities Mean," The Unspeakable Oath #10 (Fall, 1993)
- "Crooks and Crusaders: Edomite Monsters," Adventurer's Club #22 (Fall, 1993)
- "College of Alchemy," Adventurer's Club #23 (Winter, 1994)
- "Mega-Villains," Digital Hero #3 (September, 2002)
Books
- Creatures of the Night: Horror Enemies. HERO Games, 1993
- The Ultimate Super-Mage. HERO Games, 1996
- The Super-Mage Bestiary. HERO Games, 1999
- Time of Thin Blood. White Wolf Games, 1999 (with Sarah Roark)
- Aberrant: Year One. White Wolf Games, 1999 (with James A. MooreJames A. MooreJames Arthur Moore is an American horror novelist and short story writer.In 2003, he was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for "Best Novel" for his book Serenity Falls. In 2006, the novella Bloodstained Oz was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for "Best Long Fiction"...
, John SneadJohn SneadJohn Snead is a freelance role-playing writer who lives in Portland, Oregon. He has been gaming since 1980 and became a full time designer and writer of role-playing games in 1998. His education includes majors in Mathematics and History and minors in Classics and Physics from Washington...
) - "Introduction," in Nights of Prophecy. White Wolf Games, 2000
- Exalted Storyteller's Companion. White Wolf Games, 2001 (with Heather Grove and Adam TinworthAdam TinworthAdam Tinworth is a business journalist and writer, resident in London.He is currently Blogging Editor for Reed Business Information, leading a major push by the business-to-business publisher into blogs...
) - Clanbook: Followers of Set. White Wolf Games, 2001
- Blood Sacrifice: The Thaumaturgy Companion. White Wolf Games, 2002 (with Ari MarmellAri MarmellAri Marmell is an American novelist and freelance role-playing game writer.-Novels:His first novel, Gehenna: The Final Night, was published in 2004 by White Wolf Publishing...
) - "Guardians of the Invisible Fortress," in Time of Tumult. White Wolf Games, 2002
- Mexico City By Night. White Wolf Games, 2002 (with Philippe R. Boulle and Lucien Soulban)
- Relics and Rituals. Sword and Sorcery Studio, 2002 (with diverse hands)
- EverQuest Role-Playing Game Game Master's Guide. Sword and Sorcery Studio, 2002 (with diverse hands)
- Sunset Empires. White Wolf Games, 2002 (with diverse hands)
- Lair of the Hidden. White Wolf Games, 2003 (with Sarah Roark and Janet Trautvetter)
- Vampire Player's Guide. White Wolf Games, 2003 (with diverse hands)
- Orpheus. White Wolf Games. 2003 (with diverse hands)
- Shades of Gray. White Wolf Games. 2003 (with diverse hands)
- Gehenna. White Wolf Games. 2004 (with diverse hands)
- End Game. White Wolf Games. 2004 (with diverse hands)