Daniel Seth Gelber is a

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who has worked primarily on wargames and

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Career

Dan Gelber had created an RPG design about a computer-controlled world of dystopic adventure called "Alpha Complex" that he ran for his local group, and Gelber's friend

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and Eric Goldberg approached Gelber about turning the setting into a professional product. Gelber gave Goldberg and Costikyan his notes for the game and they turned those ideas into a complete manuscript. Gelber, Costikyan, and Goldberg licensed ''

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'' to West End Games, and

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helped rewrite the rules before it was published in 1984. Gelber also designed (with Jeffrey Simons and Evan Jones) The '' Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game''.

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