Ken St. Andre === Fantasy Author / Game Designer

DarkCon 2012 Guest Profile

Ken St. Andre is a fantasy author, and game designer, best known for his work with Tunnels & Trolls. He has been an active member of The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America since 1989.

St. Andre is the original designer of the ‘pen-and-paper’ role-playing game Tunnels & Trolls which was first released by Flying Buffalo, Inc. in 1975. In addition to writing the game rules, Ken was one of the creators of solitaire adventures which allowed players to experience the game without a game master or judge. St. Andre has written many modules and stand alone adventures for Tunnels and Trolls. He also worked as a designer on the role-playing games Stormbringer and Monsters! Monsters!, and the computer game Wasteland.

He has also written various short stories and novels. “Old Soldiers Never”  (a Battletech anthology) / “Turtle in the Tower” (a Shadowrun anthology) / “The Two Worst Thieves in Khazan” (in “Mages Blood and Old Bones”) “The Triple Death” (in Enchanted Forests) / “Moral Invaders” (in Flash Fantastic) / “A Thief’s Day in Khazan” (in Golden Heroes) / “Griffin Feathers” (a collection of linked short stories based on the Tunnels & Trolls role-playing game) / “Introduction: Trollgod’s Treasure Hunt” (in Troll Tunnels)

He can be found on Twitter under the Trollgodfather name, and has web pages at Trollhalla.com and Atroll.wordpress.com.