Christopher Kubasik, also known as Chris Kubasik (born 1963), is an American author of several role-playing games, sourcebooks, adventures and fiction novels set in them, and has created his own TV series.

Career

Kubasik worked at

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for five years from 1987-1992. Kubasik has contributed to '' Earthdawn'', ''

BattleTech ''BattleTech'' is a wargaming and military science fiction franchise launched by FASA Corporation in 1984, acquired by WizKids in 2001, which was in turn acquired by Topps in 2003; and published since 2007 by Catalyst Game Labs. The tradema ...

'', ''

Shadowrun ''Shadowrun'' is a science fantasy tabletop role-playing game set in an alternate future in which cybernetics, magic in fiction, magic and fantasy creatures co-exist. It combines genres of cyberpunk, urban fantasy and crime fiction, crime, with ...

'', '' Star Wars'', ''

TORG ''Torg'' is a cinematic cross-genre tabletop role-playing game created by Greg Gorden and Bill Slavicsek, with art by Daniel Horne. It was first published by West End Games (WEG) in 1990. Game resolution uses a single twenty-sided die, ''drama ...

'', and ''

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Several different editions of the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') fantasy role-playing game have been produced since 1974. The current publisher of ''D&D'', Wizards of the Coast, produces new materials only for the most current edition of the ...

'' role-playing games. He has written tie-in novels for ''Earthdawn'', ''BattleTech'' and ''Shadowrun''. Greg Gorden designed the rules for ''Earthdawn'', while Kubasik created the world for the game. Kubasik has done screenwriting for

New Line Cinema New Line Cinema is an American film production studio owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and is a film label of Warner Bros. It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye as an independent film distribution company; later becoming a film studio after ...

. In 2006 he worked as the Head Writer for the Internet show "Stranger Adventures," which was nominated for three Emmy Awards for Broadband Entertainment in 2006. He also was the creator and head writer of the television series ''

The Booth At The End ''The Booth at the End'' is a psychological thriller series created by Christopher Kubasik and starring Xander Berkeley, and was produced by Vuguru. The series premiered on August 27, 2010 on the Canadian network City. Two seasons were produced ...

''. In 2008, he compared the Internet's effect on film-making to the

Wild West The American frontier, also known as the Old West or the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial ...

, saying "It's like we are in California 100 years ago, with a movie camera and a tent setting up on the side of a river, saying: 'OK, what are we going to shoot today?'"

Works

* ''Battletech'' novels **''Ideal War'', 1993, * ''Earthdawn'' novels ** ''The Longing Ring'', 1993, ** ''Mother Speaks'', 1994, ** ''Poisoned Memories'', 1994, * ''Shadowrun'' novels ** ''Changeling'', 1992, *''Torg'' supplements ** '' The Living Land'', 1990 ** '' The Destiny Map'', 1990

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kubasik, Christopher 1963 births 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American novelists American male novelists Dungeons & Dragons game designers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Role-playing game writers