- Ulrich Kiesow
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name = Ulrich Kiesow
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birthdate = birth date|1949|6|3
birthplace =West Germany
deathdate = death date and age|1997|1|30|1949|6|3
deathplace =Wassenberg ,Germany
occupation = writer, game designer
nationality = German
period = 1983-1997
genre =role-playing game s,fantasy
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website =Ulrich Kiesow was the creator of the pen and paper
role-playing game The Dark Eye and it's accompanying universe. Besides contributing to many publications regarding this game, Kiesow used thepseudonym "Andreas Blumenkamp" to write satirical articles for the now defunct German roleplaying game magazine "Wunderwelten".cite book|last = Evers|first = Momo|title=Magische Zeiten|accessdate=2007-07-07|edition=1st edition|date=January 2005|publisher=Fantasy Productions |language=German|isbn=3-89064-516-X]In 1983 Kiesow co-founded
Fantasy Productions with Werner Fuchs and Hans-Joachim Alpers. Kiesow was the translator of the firstGerman language editions for both "Tunnels & Trolls " [cite book|last=Ken St. Andre |first=Rick Loomis|title=Schwerter & Dämonen|accessdate=2008-07-17|edition=1st edition|date=September 1983|publisher=Fantasy Productions |language=German|isbn=3-89064-000-1] , which was the first German language rpg rule book, and "Dungeons & Dragons ". [cite book|last=Gary Gygax |first=Dave Arneson |title=Dungeons & Dragons|accessdate=2008-07-17|edition=1st edition|date=November 1983|publisher=FSV Fantasy Spiele|language=German|isbn=3-89084-007-9 (Handbuch für D&D-Master), ISBN 3-89084-000-0 (Spieler Handbuch)] Kiesow suffered a severe heart attack in August 1995, while recovering he began to write The Dark Eye novel "Das zerbrochene Rad". The novel had just completed when Kiesow died of heart failure in his home on January 30, 1997.References
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