ABOUT DANIEL D. FOX

Husband, father, friend, human. Multiple award-winning tabletop RPG and board game designer. I created ZWEIHANDER Grim & Perilous RPG. ZWEIHANDER RPG Reforged Edition, Dark Astral, MAIN GAUCHE, and ZWEIHANDER Grim & Perilous RPG. I get to make and play games with my cool friends and kids in Kansas City, Missouri. OSR D&D for life. Left of center. A miserable little pile of secrets.

BOOK & GAME PUBLICATIONS

• ZWEIHÄNDER RPG Reforged Edition, creator (2025)
• Dungeons & Flagons, creator (2025)
• I SPY Build & Seek Game, creator (2025)
• Very Hungry Caterpillar Bakeshop Game, creator (2025) 
• Criss-Cross Applesauce Game, creator (2024)
• Letter, Number or Bug Game, creator (2024)
• Hocus Pocus, Everybody Focus Game, creator (2024)
• I SPY Flip & Find Travel Card Game, creator (2024)
• Pete the Cat Bedtime Blues Game, creator (2024)
• Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Daily Calendar, editor (2024)
• Fever Knights Role-playing Game, developer (2023)
• To Be Or Not To Be A Villain, editor (2023)
• ZWEIHÄNDER Fantasy Horror RPG: Starter Kit, creator (2022)
• Eternal Night of Lockwood, editor (2022)
• Blackbirds RPG: The Extinguishing, editor (2022)
• Flames of Freedom Grim & Perilous RPG, developer (2021)
• ZWEIHÄNDER RPG Player's Handbook, creator (2020)
• MAIN GAUCHE Chaos Supplement, creator (2019)
• Dark Astral Chapbook, creator (2018)
• ZWEIHÄNDER Revised Core Rulebook, creator (2018)

BOARD GAME AWARDS

• Autism Live 2024 Therapist Recommended (Hocus Pocus, Everybody Focus Game)
• Autism Live 2024 Card Game Winner (Letter, Number, or Bug Game)
• Autism Live 2024 Motor Play Winner (Criss-Cross Applesauce Game)
• Autism Live 2024 Parent Recommended (Pete the Cat Bedtime Blues Game)
• Mom's Choice Awards 2024 (School Readiness Game Line) 
• PAL Award Winner, 2024 (School Readiness Game Line)
• Top Summer Toy, The Toy Insider 2024 (Hocus Pocus, Everybody Focus Game)

TABLETOP RPG AWARDS

•  ENNIE Award: Best Production, Gold (Blackbirds RPG: Servant of the Gods Edition)
•  Origins Award Nomination, Best RPG Supplement (ZWEIHANDER Fantasy Horror RPG: Starter Kit)
•  Polygon Recommends (Flames of Freedom Grim & Perilous RPG)
•  ENNIE Award: Best Game, Gold (ZWEIHANDER Grim & Perilous RPG)
•  ENNIE Award: Product of the Year, Gold (ZWEIHANDER Grim & Perilous RPG)

MATURE THEMES

Our games explore dark, horrific, and visceral themes. They are intended to foster an environment of maturity. These stories will pit you against enemies who use disgusting and violent methods to achieve their goals. Your characters will fight against these institutions in our games, just as we must confront prejudice in real life.

COMMUNICATION TOOLS

For those who need guidance for their game tables, please download Entreat the Darkness, a TTRPG safety tool published by Terrible Wyrm for ZWEIHANDER RPG Reforged Edition.