Kevin Siembieda

Kevin Siembieda (born April 2, 1956) is an American artist, writer, designer and publisher of role-playing games.

Career Siembieda is a third-generation Polish American. He attended the College for Creative Studies in Detroit from 1974 to 1977. He wanted to work as a comic book artist, but found the industry difficult to break into and published a small-press comic (A+ Plus, 1977-1978) with his company, Megaton Publications. He founded the company in April 1981 to publish his fantasy role-playing game, but had insufficient funds to publish any books; the mother of his friend Bill Loebs loaned Siembieda $1,500 to publish his first RPG book, The Mechanoid Invasion (1981).

He is also an artist, and has occasionally illustrated Palladium Books products. Siembieda contributed art and cartography to several early Judges Guild products for the Dungeons & Dragons, RuneQuest and Traveller lines.

In 2015, he was inducted into the Origins Hall of Fame.

Early illustration credits

Judges Guild

Dungeons & Dragons

- Front cover, interior art; maps (with B. Faust) - Front cover; interior art (with Gerald Busby and Ed L. Perry) - Front cover (with Ken Simpson and Rick Houser) - Interior art. - Interior art (with Aaron Arocho, Michael D. Reagan and Jennell Jaquays) - Interior art (with A. Arocho, Bob Bingham and P. Jaquays) - Front cover; interior art (with P. Jaquays) - Interior art (with P. Jaquays) - Interior art (with P. Jaquays) - Interior art - Interior art (with P. Jaquays) - Front cover (with Bill Hadley); interior art (with P. Jaquays). - Interior art (with Brian Wagner, David Allen, Robert Bledsaw Jr., and Carol Lind). - Interior art (with P. Jaquays) - Interior art (with P. Jaquays) - Interior art (with Pixie Bledsaw, E. L. Perry, and K. Simpson) - Interior art (with P. Jaquays) - Interior art (with P. Jaquays) - Interior art (with K. Simpson, Erin McKee, A. Arocho and E. L. Perry) - Front cover; interior art (with E. McKee, E. L. Perry and K. Simpson) - Interior art (with E. McKee, R. Houser, K. Simpson, Paul W. Vinton and the Sorcerer's Guild)

RuneQuest

- Interior art (with P. Jaquays and A. Arocho) - Front cover; interior art (with A. Arocho and B. Faust) - Front cover

Traveller

- Front cover; interior art (with P. Jaquays) - Interior art (with A. Arocho and Peter Jenkins) - Interior art (with P. Jenkins)

Universal Fantasy

- Interior art (with K. Simpson and E. L. Perry) - Front cover; interior art (with R. Houser, P. Jaquays and J. Mortimer) - Interior art (with K. Simpson, J. Mortimer and P. W. Vinton) - Back cover

Judges Guild Journal

[JG 103] [JG 110] - Front cover, interior art. [JG 121] - Interior art [JG 160] - Front cover, interior art [JG 200] - Interior art

Dungeoneer Journal

[JG 390] - Interior art. [JG 450] - Front cover, interior art [JG 470] - Front cover, interior art

Pegasus

[JG 610] - Interior art [JG 620] - Interior art [JG 870] - Interior art [JG 1190] - Interior art [JG 1210] - Interior art

FASA - Interior art (with William H. Keith Jr.)

TSR (interior art)

Palladium role-playing games The Mechanoid Invasion (April 1981) Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game (July 1983) Heroes Unlimited (August 1984) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness (September 1985) Robotech (November 1986) Beyond the Supernatural (October 1987), with Randy McCall Robotech II: The Sentinels (September 1988) Rifts (August 1990) Macross II (July 1993) Rifts Chaos Earth (June 2003) Dead Reign (November 2008), with Josh Hilden and Joshua Sanford SPLICERS RPG (2004) written by Carmen Bellaire with addition text by Kevin Siembiada Nightbane (1995) written by CJ Carella, with addition text by Kevin Siembieda