Forbeck first became interested in
role-playing games at age 13 when he started playing
Dungeons & Dragons. He earned a degree in creative writing from the Residential College at the
University of Michigan and graduated in 1989. Forbeck began working full-time on games and fiction after graduating. He wrote
Outlaw (1991) and
Western Hero (1991) for the
Iron Crown Enterprises and
Hero Games. Forbeck spent four years as the president of Pinnacle and was the director of the adventure games division at
Human Head Studios for two years. Forbeck has also worked for
Atari,
Ubisoft,
Mattel,
Playmates Toys, and
Human Head Studios. Along with game designer
Jason Blair, he wrote the script for the video game
Conduit 2. Forbeck has won
Origins Awards for Best Roleplaying Game for
Deadlands and
The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game, Best Miniatures Rules for
Warzone and
The Great Rail Wars, Best Roleplaying Adventure for
Independence Day, Best Fantasy Board Game for
Genestealer, and Best Short Story for "Prometheus Unwound" from
The Book of All Flesh. He is the author of the well-received
Secret of the Spiritkeeper, the first book in the Knights of the Silver Dragon series. Forbeck and his wife Ann live in
Beloit, Wisconsin, and have four children. ==Bibliography==