Creations Unlimited was a game publisher founded by
Robert J. Kuntz
Robert J. Kuntz (born September 23, 1955) is a game designer and author of role-playing game publications. He is best known for his contributions to various ''Dungeons & Dragons''-related materials.
Biography Early life
Rob Kuntz was born Septe ...
, which published
role-playing game
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s in the 1980s.
History
Robert J. Kuntz
Robert J. Kuntz (born September 23, 1955) is a game designer and author of role-playing game publications. He is best known for his contributions to various ''Dungeons & Dragons''-related materials.
Biography Early life
Rob Kuntz was born Septe ...
left
TSR when
Gary Gygax
Ernest Gary Gygax ( ; July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008) was an American game designer and author best known for co-creating the pioneering role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') with Dave Arneson.
In the 1960s, Gygax created an ...
was forced out of the company, and retained the rights to his intellectual property for his fictional world of Kalibruhn as he never signed them over to anyone.
Kuntz started a new company of his own to hold the rights to his creations, and thus formed Creations Unlimited in 1986.
Through this company he produced a linked set of four adventures known as ''The Maze of Zayene'' series: ''Part 1: Prisoners of the Maze'' (1987), ''Part 2: Dimensions of Flight'' (1987), ''Part 3: Tower Chaos'' (1987) and ''Part 4: The Eight Kings'' (1987); Kuntz created the first two adventures while he was at college, and had later ran them at EastCon in 1983.
The company's fifth and final publication was ''Garden of the Plantmaster'' (1987); while Kuntz had other adventures he wanted to publish through Creations Unlimited (
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tournament adventure "(To the) City of Brass", and "Hidden Realms of Zayene"), these were never printed by the company.
Releases
The company published five adventures/supplements before shutting its doors in 1988:
* The Maze of Zayene, Part 1:
Prisoners of the Maze (1987)
* The Maze of Zayene, Part 2:
Dimensions of Flight (1987)
* The Maze of Zayene, Part 3:
Tower Chaos (1987)
* The Maze of Zayene, Part 4:
The Eight Kings (1987)
*
Garden of the Plantmaster (1987)
Kuntz had planned to publish a sourcebook on the
City of Brass in 1988 (and commissioned cover art and flyers for distribution at game conventions), but it did not see print.
References
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Companies established in 1986
Role-playing game publishing companies