Timothy James Kask was born on January 14,1949 and is an American editor and writer in the role-playing game industry.
17 Facts About Tim Kask
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Tim Kask married his wife Cheryl in 1970, and they have a daughter, and a son.
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Tim Kask phoned Chainmail author Gary Gygax with some questions about the game.
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Tim Kask authorized Jennell Jaquays through a casual license to publish The Dungeoneer as a fanzine to publish adventures for gamemasters to use.
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Tim Kask's focus within TSR then changed, as he oversaw the formation of TSR Periodicals.
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Tim Kask was the editor of the first 33 issues of The Dragon.
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Tim Kask developed and edited TSR's historical board game, William the Conqueror, 1066, and was responsible for starting the Days of the Dragon line of calendars.
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Tim Kask was responsible for hiring a number of people at TSR who subsequently went on to become influential creators in the role-playing game industry, including Kim Mohan.
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Tim Kask stayed in the games industry for a few years, re-developing Naval War for Avalon Hill in late 1981.
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Tim Kask started up Manzakk Publishing in order to become the publisher and editor of a new games magazine, Adventure Gaming.
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Tim Kask was able to sell advertising space, and on paper he should have made money.
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Tim Kask went back to school in 2002, and after earning a master's degree in Education from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, he became a teacher.
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In 2006 Tim Kask was a celebrity auctioneer, with Frank Mentzer, at Gen Con Indy.
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Tim Kask joined Mentzer as a special guest at the Lake Geneva Gaming Convention in 2007 and 2008.
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Jim Ward, a fellow TSR employee in the early days of the company, who had become managing editor of The Crusader magazine, persuaded Tim Kask to write a monthly column for his magazine.
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At the KC Game Fair in November 2010, Tim Kask announced his return to the games industry as one of the founders of Eldritch Enterprises, which would publish a variety of general works as well as new creations for role-playing games.
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In 2012, Tim Kask became a contributing editor for Gygax Magazine.