Kevin Siembieda

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kevin Siembieda
Occupation	Author
Date Of Birth	Apr 2, 1956(1956-04-02)
Age	68
Birthplace	Detroit
Country	United States
Birth City	Michigan
Horoscope	Aries

Kevin Siembieda Biography

Kevin Siembieda is one of the most popular and richest Author who was born on April 2, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

Siembieda is a third-generation Polish American. He attended the College for Creative Studies in Detroit from 1974 to 1977. He wanted to be a comic book artist, but found the industry difficult to break into and published a small- press comic (A+ Plus, 1977-1978) with his company: Megaton Publications. In 1979 Siembieda discovered the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Rulebook and joined a role-playing group, the Wayne Street Weregamers, which met at Wayne State University in Detroit (where he befriended Erick Wujcik, who ran the group). Siembieda ran a game for the group, the Palladium of Desires, a combination of AD&D and his house rules. By 1980 the Wayne Weregamers became the Detroit Gaming Centre, with Siembieda its assistant director and Wujcik its director. Siembieda tried to interest gaming companies in his RPG with little interest; only Judges Guild made him an offer, but he accepted a job offer from them instead. He was an artist for Judges Guild for four months before working as a freelance artist for other publishers and trying to sell his RPG to them.

Siembieda is the co-founder and president of Palladium Books. He founded the company in April 1981 to publish his fantasy role-playing game, but had insufficient funds to publish any books; the mother of Bill Loebs loaned Siembieda $1,500 to publish his first RPG book, The Mechanoid Invasion (1981). By 1983 the company was successful enough for Siembieda to rent warehouse space and release his fantasy RPG, the Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game with a loan of $10,000 from his friend Thom Bartold who had also loaned him funds to print the other two books in the Mechanoid Trilogy, Journey and Homeworld in 1982. These were not just loans, but investments, and Siembieda established a system of paying royalties not just to the writers and artists, but also to those who lent him the capital needed to print the books: his investors. The following year, he extended his Palladium system to the superhero genre with Heroes Unlimited. A freelancer contacted Siembieda about producing a licensed role-playing game based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book. Siembieda obtained the rights, but was dissatisfied with the freelancer’s product. Erick Wujcik redesigned the game in five weeks, and it was published in 1985 as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness. Siembieda next obtained the license to publish a game based on the Robotech anime series, designing the Robotech role-playing game published in 1986.

Kevin Siembieda Net Worth

Kevin Siembieda is one of the richest Author from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kevin Siembieda 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kevin Siembieda (born April 2, 1956) is an American artist, writer, designer and publisher of role-playing games.

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Linda Ranked on the list of most popular Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Kevin Siembieda celebrates birthday on April 2 of every year.