Robert J Schwalb

ActivityProjectsRevenuePledgesAvg. PledgeLinks
2015 - 2023 6 $679,777 USD 8,080 $84 USD
Tabletop game designer and developer, Robert J. Schwalb hit the ground running in the roleplaying games industry over 10 years ago and shows no signs of slowing down any time soon. With over 200 game books, magazine articles, digital articles, and a novel to his name, his design can be found in three editions of Dungeons & Dragons, Dark Heresy, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, A Song of Ice and Fire RPG, Star Wars Saga Edition RPG, Witch Hunter: The Invisible World, Numenera, The Strange, and numerous RPG products. Robert spent much of his early career as a freelance writer and game designer, helping to produce Fantasy Flight’s Grimm, Green Ronin Publishing’s Book of Fiends and The Black Company Campaign Setting, along with several other popular game books. Robert soon after became a designer and developer at Green Ronin Publishing, where he worked d20 products, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, and designed A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying. In addition to his work at Green Ronin, Robert also produced game design and story work for Paradigm Concepts, for Witch Hunter: The Invisible World, and later began work for Wizards of the Coast, contributing to several 3rd Edition D&D sourcebooks such as Tome of Magic, Fiendish Codex 2, and Player’s Handbook 2, as well as sourcebooks for Star Wars Saga Edition. Robert worked as contractor for Wizards of the Coast starting in 2008 and for them designed a slew of 4th Edition D&D products such as the Dark Sun Campaign Setting, D&D Gamma World: Famine in Far-Go, and the Book of Vile Darkness. During his last three years with Wizards, Robert was a member of the 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons design team and helped create the Player’s Handbook, Monster Manual, and the Dungeon Master’s Guide, and has since contributed design to Xanathar's Guide to Everything, Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes, and the Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica. In 2014, Robert launched his own imprint, Schwalb Entertainment, to produce roleplaying games, card games, and more. Shadow of the Demon Lord, the first first product, released in the Fall of 2015. Since then, Schwalb brought the game to Freeport and offered a huge expansion in the way of Occult Philosophy, and has produced nearly 200 products for the game.

Projects

KickstarterKicktraq Shadow of the Weird Wizard
1371%
Shadow of the Weird Wizard
A project in Murfreesboro, TN by Robert J Schwalb 6 created

Enter a magical realm darkened by the Shadow of the Weird Wizard using an evolution of the rules from Shadow of the Demon Lord

Campaign: 2023/08/07 - 2023/09/07
Duration: 30 days
411,554 USDof 30,000 USD Goal
4,288Backers
96 USDAvg.Pledge
KickstarterKicktraq PunkApocalyptic: The RPG
118%
PunkApocalyptic: The RPG
A project in Murfreesboro, TN by Robert J Schwalb 6 created

A tabletop roleplaying game set in the PunkApocalyptic world!

Campaign: 2019/09/15 - 2019/10/10
Duration: 24 days
41,486 USDof 35,000 USD Goal
858Backers
48 USDAvg.Pledge
KickstarterKicktraqBoardgameGeek Against the Shadow: The Board Game
42%
Against the Shadow: The Board Game
A project in Murfreesboro, TN by Robert J Schwalb 6 created
Tabletop FantasyCo-op

A cooperative tabletop board game in which you and your friends fight to save the world from the Shadow of the Demon Lord.

Campaign: 2019/05/09 - 2019/06/01
Duration: 22 days

*** Cancelled ***

14,969 USDof 35,000 USD Goal
244Backers
61 USDAvg.Pledge
KickstarterKicktraq Shadow of the Demon Lord: Occult Philosophy
222%
Shadow of the Demon Lord: Occult Philosophy
A project in Murfreesboro, TN by Robert J Schwalb 6 created
RPG

A new expansion that adds 800 new spells to Shadow of the Demon Lord!

Campaign: 2018/11/11 - 2018/12/12
Duration: 30 days
44,403 USDof 20,000 USD Goal
771Backers
58 USDAvg.Pledge
KickstarterKicktraq Shadow of the Demon Lord Freeport Companion
422%
Shadow of the Demon Lord Freeport Companion
A project in Murfreesboro, TN by Robert J Schwalb 6 created
RPG

We're bringing Freeport: The City of Adventure to the Shadow of the Demon Lord RPG!

Campaign: 2017/02/28 - 2017/03/18
Duration: 17 days
42,212 USDof 10,000 USD Goal
665Backers
63 USDAvg.Pledge
KickstarterKicktraq Shadow of the Demon Lord
467%
Shadow of the Demon Lord
A project in Murfreesboro, TN by Robert J Schwalb 6 created
RPG

Tell tales of dark and horrific fantasy with your friends using Robert J. Schwalb’s thrilling new tabletop roleplaying game.

Campaign: 2015/03/11 - 2015/04/11
Duration: 30 days
140,122 USDof 30,000 USD Goal
1,498Backers
94 USDAvg.Pledge