Rudy Kraft: Role-Playing Game Designer

Rudy Kraft is an American game designer known for his work on role-playing games like RuneQuest. He collaborated with Steve Perrin and Greg Stafford on projects like RuneQuest and Griffin Mountain, showcasing his talent in creating engaging fantasy worlds and adventures.
Role-playing game designer
Rudy Kraft
NationalityAmerican
OccupationGame designer

Rudy Kraft III is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games.

Career

Steve Perrin and Rudy Kraft designed the RuneQuest (1978) mythical fantasy roleplaying game, which was set in the world of Glorantha that Greg Stafford had created, and published by Chaosium. : 398  Judges Guild obtained a license for RuneQuest and their first publication in the line was the adventure Broken Tree Inn (1979) by Kraft, which included material cut from Snake Pipe Hollow (1979) before Chaosium published that adventure, although Judges Guild removed all references to Glorantha before publication. : 68  Kraft and Jennell Jaquays' wrote Adventures Beyond the Pass originally for Judges Guild, who never published it, so Greg Stafford instead published it through Chaosium as Griffin Mountain (1981). : 68  Kraft also contributed to Thieves' World (1981) from Chaosium. : 85  Kraft was one of the contributors to Citybook II: Port O' Call (1984) by Flying Buffalo. : 38