David Zeb Cook (Author of Player's Handbook)

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David Zeb Cook

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East Lansing, Michigan, The United States

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David "Zeb" Cook is an American game designer best known for his work at TSR, Inc., where he was employed for over fifteen years. Cook grew up on a farm in Iowa where his father worked as a farmer and a college professor. In junior high school, Cook playing wargames such as Avalon Hill's Blitzkrieg and Afrika Korps. "I was primarily a wargamer, but there wasn't any role-playing available then," although in college, he was introduced to the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game through the University of Iowa gaming club. Cook earned his B.A. in English (with a Theater minor) in 1977. He married his high school sweetheart, Helen, with whom he had one son, Ian. Cook became a high school teacher in Milligan, Nebraska, where his students gave him ...more

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	Player's Handbook (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 2nd Edition) 4.06 avg rating — 2,450 ratings — published 1989 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dungeon Master's Guide (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 2nd Edition) 4.02 avg rating — 1,937 ratings — published 1989 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horselords (Forgotten Realms: Empires, #1) by David Zeb Cook, Larry Elmore 3.55 avg rating — 1,341 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Soldiers of Ice (Forgotten Realms: The Harpers, #7) by David Zeb Cook, Fred Fields 3.54 avg rating — 1,102 ratings — published 1993 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	King Pinch (Forgotten Realms: The Nobles, #1) by David Zeb Cook, Walter Velez (Illustrator) 3.47 avg rating — 683 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tome of Magic (Advanced Dungeon & Dragons, 2th Edition) by David Zeb Cook, Anthony Herring, Christopher Kubasik 3.77 avg rating — 612 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Isle of Dread (Dungeons and Dragons Module X1) by David Zeb Cook, Tom Moldvay, Timothy Truman (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 448 ratings — published 1981 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond the Moons (Spelljammer: The Cloakmaster Cycle, #1) 3.52 avg rating — 469 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Player's Handbook (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition revised, Stock #2159) 3.98 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dungeon Master's Guide (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition revised, Stock #2160) 3.88 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Dark Sun Quest (4 books)
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David Zeb Cook,

Elizabeth Anne Tornabene (Editor),

M.C. Sumner

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“The male pronoun (he, him, his) is used exclusively throughout the second edition of the AD&D game rules. We hope this won't be construed by anyone to be an attempt to exclude females from the game or imply their exclusion. Centuries of use have neutered the male pronoun. In written material it is clear, concise, and familiar. Nothing else is.”
― David Zeb Cook, Player's Handbook

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― David Zeb Cook, Soldiers of Ice

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