Stefan Küppers

Stefan Küppers (born June 24, 1968 in Würselen ) is a German novelist and game writer and was the editor of the German-language pen & paper role-playing game " Das Schwarze Auge " (DSA).

Life

After completing his school career, he completed his training as a power plant electronics technician in 1988 and has been employed as a technical clerk ever since.

In 1991 he was one of the founding members of the Aachen regional representation (RV) of the role-playing game association GFR - "Guild of Fantasy Role- Players " and organized role-playing cons together with the RV . Another activity for the GFR was the founding of "Lowangen AG" in 1995, in which players play citizens of the city of Lowangen, a fictional city in the fantasy world of Aventuria , and help shape the city's history in the game. From 1994 he was involved as an author in almost all of DSA's background publications. He has been a member of the DSA editorial team since 1997 and is responsible for the game world of the Black Eye as an author and editor. Especially in collaboration with Hadmar von Wieser and Anton Weste , he developed backgrounds and adventure scenarios with a focus on mythology and fantastic regions of Aventuria.

Works

• Witching Hour, (1998), Adventure for DSA, in the adventure book Return to the Black Boar, Fantasy Productions
• Cyclops Fire, (2000), Adventure for DSA, Fantasy Productions
• Das Erbe der Jharra, (2000), adventure for DSA, special publication for the games magazine Nautilus
• Äonenstaub, (2001), Adventure for DSA, together with Anton Weste and Gregor Rot , Fantasy Productions
• The Forgotten People, (2002), Adventure for DSA, Fantasy Productions

Short stories in the collections

• Of humans and monsters, (2002), Heyne
• Gassengeschichten, (2002), Heyne
• Magical Times, (2005), Fantasy Productions

Editing and conception

• Circle of Doom, (2002), Adventure for DSA, Fantasy Productions
• In the jungles of Meridianas, (2004), background description for DSA, Fantasy Productions
• Efferds Wogen, (2007), background description for DSA, Ulisses games

Web links

• Literature by and about Stefan Küppers in the catalog of the German National Library
• Interview with the author (2006)