User:Chad Underkoffler

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Chad Underkoffler is an author, editor, and publisher who lives Alexandria, VA, with his cat, Zora.

A fan of roleplaying games, he's been playing them since 1981, and freelance writing in the game industry since 1998, both to the confusion of his family.

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[edit] Atomic Sock Monkey Press

Chad's publishing company is called Atomic Sock Monkey Press. Products published by ASMP include Dead Inside (DI); Monkey, Ninja, Pirate, Robot: the RPG (MNPR:RPG); Truth & Justice (T&J); and The Zorcerer of Zo. (The underlying system for these RPGs is called the Prose Descriptive Qualities (PDQ) system, and has been licensed for use in other games, like the second edition of the Ninja Burger RPG.)

[edit] Other Work

Chad's column "Campaign in a Box" appeared bimonthly in Pyramid Online, he's written for Atlas Games' Unknown Armies line and a chapter for Sword & Sorcery Studios' Gamma World Gamemasters' Guide. See also the publications lists from his website and the Pen & Paper Database.

[edit] Interviews

The text of a February 27, 2004 Washington City Paper Arts feature by Huan Hsu about Chad and Dead Inside can be found on the ASMP website. See "The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth". (Chad's comments on the interview can be found here.)

A March 15, 2005 interview by Jasper McChesney of Primeval Games Press can be found here.

An interview by C. Demetrius Morgan of Hinterwelt Enterprises can be found here.

Several podcast interviews can be found on the ASMP website as well.

[edit] Other Resources

His long-outdated personal website can be found at http://www.geocities.com/chadu/

His LiveJournal can be found at http://www.livejournal.com/users/chadu/