Colin McComb (born May 1970) is an American writer and game designer, who is best known for his work designing the Planescape setting for the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game, and as the creative lead for the role-playing video game '' Torment: Tides of Numenera''.

Career history

Immediately after his commencement, McComb took at a job at TSR, Inc., where he produced numerous

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supplements and magazine articles relating to those games. He won an Origins Award for Best Game Adventure in 1993 for '' Dragon Mountain'', and another for New Role-Playing Supplement for the ''

Birthright Campaign Setting ''Birthright Campaign Setting'' is an accessory for the 2nd edition of the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game, published in 1995. This product introduced the Birthright campaign setting. Contents The ''Birthright Campaign S ...

'' in 1995. He is primarily known for his work on the Planescape line, for which he and Monte Cook were the primary designers after the departure of David "Zeb" Cook from TSR. In 1996, McComb left TSR to take a job at Interplay Entertainment's roleplaying division, later called Black Isle Studios. While there, he had a small role in the design of '' Fallout 2'' and a far more significant role in the design of '' Planescape: Torment''. McComb left Black Isle in 2000, and moved to Detroit, Michigan with Robin Moulder, who would become his wife in 2001. In addition to his gaming work, McComb contributed interviews, album reviews, and concert reviews to the underground magazine '' Outburn''. In 2004, he reunited with his Planescape cohorts in the Malhavoc Press book, ''Beyond Countless Doorways'', which received an Honorable Mention for Best Writing at the 2005 ENnie Awards. He and his wife also designed and wrote the manual for the

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'' RYL'' in 2005. McComb taught at the International Academy of Design and Technology. On August 10, 2012, it was announced that McComb joined '' Wasteland 2'' team as writer, reuniting with his Planescape cohorts once again. McComb was the creative lead for inXile's 2017

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'' Torment: Tides of Numenera''. McComb works for the game studio Drop Bear Bytes as the Creative Lead on their upcoming title ''

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'', an RPG set in a post-apocalyptic Australia.

Notable work

TSR

*'' Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' **''The Complete Book of Elves'' **'' Dragon Mountain'' *'' Amazing Engine'' **''The Galactos Barrier'' **''Bughunter'' (additional design) * Birthright **''

'', with Richard Baker **'' Player's Secrets of Endier'' **''

Sword and Crown ''Sword and Crown'' is an official game adventure of the Birthight Campaign Setting in the ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' game. It was published in 1995 by TSR, Inc. (now Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro). The module is for characte ...

'' * Dark Sun **''The Complete Gladiators' Handbook'' * Dragonlance **''Taladas: The Minotaurs'' **''Knight's Sword'' **'' Tales of the Lance'' *'' Dungeons & Dragons'' **''Thunder Rift'' * Planescape **''

Planescape Campaign Setting The ''Planescape Campaign Setting'' is a boxed set for the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. The set was designed by David "Zeb" Cook and published in 1994. It introduced the Planescape setting and was highly praised by ''White ...

'' (monster design) **''Planes of Law'' **'' Planes of Conflict'' **''Players Primer to the Outlands'' (Audio CD script) **''Well of Worlds'' **'' Hellbound: The Blood War'' **'' On Hallowed Ground'' **''Faces of Evil: The Fiends'' **''The Great Modron March'' * Ravenloft **''

Islands of Terror ''Islands of Terror'' is an accessory for the 2nd edition of the '' Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game, published in 1992 by TSR. Contents The ''Islands of Terror'' module is set in the '' Ravenloft'' campaign setting, addin ...

'' **''Howls in the Night'' **'' Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III: Creatures of Darkness'' (additional design) **''

Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales ''Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales'', subtitled "Terror in the 1890s", was published by TSR in 1994 as an alternate campaign setting for the horror fantasy role-playing game '' Ravenloft'', which itself uses the rules from the 2nd edition ...

Black Isle Studios

*'' Fallout 2'' *'' Planescape: Torment'' *''

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'' (in-game commercial scripting)

inXile Entertainment

*'' Wasteland 2'' *'' Torment: Tides of Numenera''

References

External links

Colin McComb's official website

MobyGames entry for Colin McComb
* * * — an interview in two parts with Chris Avellone and Colin McComb * — an interview in two parts with Chris Avellone and Colin McComb {{DEFAULTSORT:McComb, Colin 1970 births Living people American video game designers Dungeons & Dragons game designers Interplay Entertainment people Lake Forest College alumni Writers from Evanston, Illinois