Entrepreneur, game designer, graphic designer, writer, teacher
Notable work
Mekton, Teenagers from Outer Space, Cyberpunk 2020, Castle Falkenstein
Spouse
Lisa Pondsmith
Children
Cody Pondsmith
Awards
2006 Origins Awards Hall of Fame 1994 Origins Awards Best Roleplaying Rules for Castle Falkenstein
Michael Alyn Pondsmith is an American roleplaying, board, and video game designer. He is best known for founding the publisher R. Talsorian Games in 1982, where he developed a majority of the company's role-playing game lines.[2] Pondsmith is the author of several RPG lines, including Mekton (1984), Cyberpunk (1988) and Castle Falkenstein (1994). He also contributed to the Forgotten Realms and Oriental Adventures lines of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, worked in various capacities on video games, and authored or co-created several board games. Pondsmith also worked as an instructor at the DigiPen Institute of Technology.[3]
^King, Darryn (November 14, 2020). "The Role-Playing Game That Predicted the Future". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on April 24, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
^"About RTG". R. Talsorian Games. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
^"Catalog for the Academic Year 2010–2011" (PDF). DigiPen Institute of Technology. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
board games. Pondsmith also worked as an instructor at the DigiPen Institute of Technology. Born into a military family, MikePondsmith was the son of...
developed by CD Projekt Red, and published by CD Projekt, and based on MikePondsmith's Cyberpunk tabletop game series. The plot is set in the fictional metropolis...
books for the game were published by R. Talsorian Games. Cyberpunk, by MikePondsmith (boxed set) (1988) [CP3001] - Includes View from the Edge (core rules...
Cyberpunk, Cyberpunk 2020, Cyberpunk v3.0 and Cyberpunk Red written by MikePondsmith and published by R. Talsorian Games, and GURPS Cyberpunk, published...
Talsorian Games since 1997.[citation needed] According to designer MikePondsmith, one of the biggest stumbling blocks to the introduction of a new edition...
1995). Grubb, Jeff, Kate Novak, David E. Martin, Jim Lowder, Bruce Nesmith, Steve Perrin, MikePondsmith, and R. A. Salvatore. Hall of Heroes (TSR, 1989)....
(1990). Legends & Lore. TSR, Inc. pp. 72, 76. ISBN 978-0880388443. MikePondsmith, Jay Batista, Rick Swan, John Nephew, Deborah Christian (1988). Kara-Tur:...
Talsorian Games and Hero Games. The rights to Fuzion are jointly held by MikePondsmith of R. Talsorian Games, along with Steve Peterson and Ray Greer of Hero...
Wildermuth, Sam Shirley, and MikePondsmith, with interior art by Colin Fisk, Harrison Fong, Chris Hockabout, MikePondsmith, and Scott Ruggels, and cover...
role-playing game based on the Cyberpunk 2020 tabletop system created by MikePondsmith. The game was initially introduced in May 2012. The hype for the title...
Senior Lecturer of Game Software Design and Production at DigiPen. MikePondsmith – roleplaying, board, and video game designer Nate Martin – "Founding...
Eric Lang, Eloy Lasanta, Rich Lescouflair, Brandon O’Brien, Cody Pondsmith, MikePondsmith, Marcus Ross and Cara Michele Ryan, Laura Simpson, Chris Spivey...
Underwater City (1969) Airship Pirates (2011) Castle Falkenstein (1994) by MikePondsmith Forgotten Futures (1993) by Marcus L. Rowland GURPS Steampunk (2000)...
based on a book about a role-playing game). The book was written by MikePondsmith and published by R. Talsorian Games. Greg Costikyan reviewed Dream Park...
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