- 9th Level Games
9th Level Games (9LG) began as a small-press publisher and designer of humorous
role-playing game s (RPGs) based inPennsylvania . The company was founded by Dan Landis and Chris O'Neill while in high school together. As of 2001, the company had four employees, including the founders.cite interview
subject=9th Level Games (not a single individual) |interviewer=Aeon |title=Interview With a 9th Level Kobold
type=Transcript |url=http://www.gamegrene.com/node/72 |program=gamegrene.com |date=2001-05-07 |accessdate=2008-08-17 ] 9th Level Games is known for "Kobolds Ate My Baby! " (KAMB), theBEER Engine game system , and the first edition of the "Ninja Burger" RPG. Aside from these product lines they have also developed both the "Warhamster" and "Cthulhu for President" role-playing games and numerous supplements for other systems.9LG's first games were "Adventure! The W¸rlde of Kroson" and "In the Company of Rats", introduced at Origins 1999; these was followed by KAMB, developed in one month for
Gen Con 1999.Currently, 9th Level Games is transitioning out publishing to focus primarily on design. In December 2005,
Dork Storm Press (DSP) released "Kobolds Ate My Baby! Super Deluxx Edition", a game that was designed by 9LG and published by DSP.cite web
url=http://www.ubercon.com/nj/content/guests.php#345 |title= Chris O'Neill of 9th Level Games |accessdate=2008-08-17
year=2008 |work=UberCon XI - New Jersey |publisher=UberCon LLC ] This edition features illustrations byJohn Kovalic , the creator of "Dork Tower " and "Nodwick ".External links
* [http://www.9thlevel.com/index.html 9th Level Games web site]
* a picture of Dan Landis appears at http://www.chimeramag.com/cons/origins/2003/origins2003-3.htmlReferences
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