Tabloid! Game: Amazing Engine

by David Zeb Cook

143 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

David "Zeb" Cook is an American game designer best known for his work at TSR, Inc., where he was employed for over fifteen years. Cook grew up on a farm in Iowa where his father worked as a farmer and a college professor. In junior high school, Cook playing wargames such as Avalon Hill's Blitzkrieg and Afrika Korps. "I was primarily a wargamer, but there wasn't any role-playing available then," although in college, he was introduced to the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game through the University of Iowa gaming club. Cook earned his B.A. in English (with a Theater minor) in 1977. He married his high school sweetheart, Helen, with whom he had one son, Ian. Cook became a high school teacher in Milligan, Nebraska, where his students gave him his nickname of "Zeb"; the name derives from his signature, which is dominated by a stroke resembling a 'Z'.

Reviews

[Seth · Rating 3 out of 5]

A goofy satirical RPG based tabloid journalism. An entertaining read, and I'd love to give it a try. Recommended only for RPG fans.

[Benjamin]

Thought I was going to give this away, so read it again (or for the first time?). A comedic game about what if all the tabloids are right. Some fun ideas and I enjoy any game that has advice for comedy, especially with such a laser-focus on the topic (with advice like "ignore plot" and "add as much as you can").