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was head of design and development at the time and brought Cook on board during a time of substantial growth at TSR. Cook later became Senior Designer. "Game designing is hard work but everything worth doing is hard work. The important thing is to do it well, and to have fun while you're doing it."
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Cook earned his B.A. in English (with a Theater minor) in 1977. He married his high school sweetheart, Helen, with whom he had one son, Ian. Cook became a high school teacher in
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may be thrown out in the revision, with the intention of provoking a response from readers. Cook was also the lead designer on the
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Cook created role-playing games, modules, family board games, card games, rulebooks, and party mystery games.
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Cook left TSR in 1994 to work in the field of electronic media. He worked on the game
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to take characters beyond third level. Cook was the primary author of the original
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suggested that a new campaign setting could be built using the original
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Magazine. Other notable works for TSR include the role-playing games
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Shepherd, Ashley (February 1986). "Open Box: Dungeon Modules".
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David "Zeb" Cook

Lucca Comics & Games
East Lansing, Michigan
Game designer
writer

GaryCon III
game designer
TSR, Inc.
Expert Set
Dungeons & Dragons
Planescape
Origins
East Lansing, Michigan
Iowa
Avalon Hill
Blitzkrieg
Afrika Korps
Dungeons & Dragons
University of Iowa
Milligan, Nebraska
James Arness
How the West Was Won
Dragon
TSR
Lawrence Schick
Games
Conan the Barbarian
Crimefighters

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