Monte Cook

Quick Facts

Full Name	Monte Cook
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Jan 29, 1968(1968-01-29)
Age	56
Country	United States
Birth City	Watertown
Horoscope	Capricorn

Monte Cook Biography

Monte Cook is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on January 29, 1968 in Watertown, United States. Cook is a professional game designer who has worked primarily in role-playing games since 1988. Cook began his career at Iron Crown Enterprises, where he was an editor and writer for their Rolemaster and Champions lines. Cook was for a while the editor of the Campaign Classics line of books that were part of the Hero System and Rolemaster lines. Cook was a freelancer for two years and a full-time designer for two years at Iron Crown Enterprises. During this period, Cook wrote the multi-genre setting Dark Space (1990), a fantasy /science-fiction/horror setting. Cook was appointed line editor for Hero System to replace Rob Bell, who left ICE back in 1990.

In mid-2004, he made controversy by selling only electronic d20 material through the DriveThruRPG.com shop. This store used a proprietary digital rights management encrypted PDF system. DriveThruRPG, which has done the same recently, forced him to accept customer pressure to sell his products in standard PDF form.

Shortly after the release of Ptolus, which Cook has often described as the culmination of his original ambitions for Malhavoc, he announced that he would be focusing on writing fiction and other unspecified forms of creative work, rather than role-playing games, for the foreseeable future. White Wolf and Goodman Games announced his final RPG books. Monte Cook’s World of Darkness, his own take on White Wolf’s modern horror setting, was released at Gen Con

2007. From Goodman Games is Dungeon Crawl Classics: #50, Vault of the Iron Overlord, which was also targeted for the same Gen Con release.

However, due to demand by fans reading his live journal, and posting their desires on the Malhavoc message boards, Monte Cook released one more RPG product in early 2008, The Book of Experimental Might. This was quickly followed by The Book of Experimental Might II: Bloody, Bold and Resolute.

Cook left Wizards of the Coast at the end of 2001. Cook’s Beyond the Veil (2001), was one of the later books of Atlas Games’ “Penumbra” line of d20 System books. Cook founded Malhavoc Press, an imprint of White Wolf’s Sword & Sorcery Studios in 2001. His first product was the d20 The Book of Eldritch Might (2001). The Book of Eldritch Might, the first book to be published as a PDF by a publisher, was published in 2001. It was a huge success, and it has been credited for demonstrating the viability in PDF publishing in the role- playing world. These and other early Malhavoc products were released in electronic format, but most have been published in print by White Wolf, Inc. Malhavoc Press collaborated with Fiery Dragon Productions in 2002 after Sword & Sorcery closed down. The majority of Fiery Dragon licenses were obtained from Malhavoc. Cook’s work for Malhavoc includes Arcana Unearthed, A Variant Players Handbook. Arcana Unearthed takes place in Cook’s “The Diamond Throne”, a setting dominated by giants.

Monte Cook Net Worth

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

Cook started working at TSR as a freelancer in 1992: “Writing a whole bunch of stuff for the old Marvel video game that was canceled.” Cook joined TSR in 1994 as a game designer. Cook was responsible for designing Dungeons & Dragons modules like Labyrinth of Madness (1995), and A Paladin in Hell(1998). He also designed dozens of Supplements to Planescape, including The Planewalker’s Handbook 1996 and Dead Gods 1998. Cook was also the creator of Dark*Matter, a conspiracy game.

Monte Cook graduated from the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer’s Workshop. He graduated from the 1999 workshop and has published The Glass Prison, and Of Aged Angels. He also has published short stories such as “Born in Secrets”, “The Rose Window”, and “A Narrowed gaze” (in Realms of the Arcane). In Game Trade Magazine, he also contributes to a continuing Call of Cthulhu fiction collection, The Shandler Chronicles.

In August 2006, Malhavoc released Ptolus, a campaign setting based on Monte Cook’s home game that was used as the playtest campaign for the third edition D&D designers.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Monte Cook Dating?

According to our records, Monte Cook married to Sue Weinlein (divorced). As of December 1, 2023, Monte Cook’s is not dating anyone.

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After TSR was purchased by Wizards of the Coast, Cook became a senior designer, and was part of the team working on the D&D game’s third edition. Cook, Jonathan Tweet, and Skip Williams all contributed to the 3rd edition Players Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual, and then each designer wrote one of the books based on those contributions. Cook was proud of the work he did on the new Dungeon Master’s Guide, especially after Gary Gygax gave his team feedback on the book: “He said that the material in the new DMG would help him become a better DM… That was really cool–and satisfying in a ‘completion of the circle’ sort of way.” In 2000, Cook said of his involvement with Wizards of the Coast and Dungeons & Dragons: “It’s a great time to be working here… because every product is big, important, and innovative.” Cook also worked on Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil, and the d20 Call of Cthulhu (February 2002).

Facts & Trivia

Monte Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Monte Cook celebrates birthday on January 29 of every year.

Invisible Sun is a Kickstarter-funded table-top role-playing game created by Monte Cook Games, with a street date released of September 20, 2018. It is a surreal fantasy game with many game accessories.

Why did monte Cook leave WotC?

According to a post on his LiveJournal (archived ’cause he’s since deleted that particular site), he left due to differences of opinion with WotC/Hasbro (he doesn’t specify which), but doesn’t go into more detail because of an NDA.

Where is Monte Cook games based?

MONTE COOK GAMES, LLC is a company based out of 8920 W 126TH ST, Overland Park, Kansas, United States.

How good is Numenera?

Numenera is a rules light system that focuses on role playing over roll playing. It is superbly edited- arguably the very best in the industry. Clocking in at over 300 pages, it is filled with content and beautiful artwork that alone justifies the price. The system finds a way to stand out without being convoluted.

What games use Cypher system?

• Gods of the Fall: Post-apocalyptic fantasy setting where the players are young gods attempting to form a new pantheon to replace the dead old gods.
• Predation: Cretaceous era adventure with dinosaurs.
• Unmasked: Teen superheroes in 1986 suburban America.

What is the strange RPG?

The Strange is a Tabletop RPG about exploration and discovery. It uses the Cypher System, like its predecessor Numenera. There is even a crossover guide that allows you to blend the two games’ settings and mechanics together.