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Mike Pondsmith
Pondsmith in 2017
Born	Michael Alyn Pondsmith Santa Cruz, California, U.S.^[1]
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of California, Davis
Occupation(s)	Entrepreneur, game designer, graphic designer, writer, teacher
Notable work	Mekton, Teenagers from Outer Space, Cyberpunk 2020, Castle Falkenstein
Spouse	Lisa Pondsmith
Children	Cody Pondsmith
Awards	2006 Origins Awards Hall of Fame 1994 Origins Awards Best Roleplaying Rules for Castle Falkenstein

Michael Alyn Pondsmith is an American roleplaying, board, and video game designer. He founded the publisher R. Talsorian Games in 1982, where he developed a majority of the company's role-playing game lines.^[2] Pondsmith is the author of several RPG lines, including Mekton (1984), Cyberpunk (1988) and Castle Falkenstein (1994). He also contributed to the Forgotten Realms and Oriental Adventures lines of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, worked in various capacities on video games, and authored or co-created several board games. Pondsmith also worked as an instructor at the DigiPen Institute of Technology.^[3]\n

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Title\n	Year\n	Co-creator\n	Description\n	ISBN\n
Mekton\n	1984\n	\n	Boxed set, purely a board game^[13]\n	\n
Mekton: the Game of Japanese Robot Combat\n	1985\n	Mike Jones\n	\n	\n
Roadstriker (Mekton)\n	1986\n	Clive Hendrik, Derek Quintanar\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-00-5\n
Advanced Combat System\n	1986\n	\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-02-1\n
Mekton II\n	1987\n	\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-04-8\n
Teenagers from Outer Space\n	1987\n	\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-08-0\n
Cyberpunk: The Roleplaying Game of the Dark Future (also known as Cyberpunk 2013)\n	1988\n	\n	Boxed set contains: View from the Edge, Friday Night Firefight and Welcome to Night City\n	\n
Solo of Fortune (Cyberpunk 2013)\n	1989\n	Colin Fisk, David Friedland, Will Moss, Derek Quintanar, and Scott Ruggels\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-06-4\n
Rockerboy (Cyberpunk 2013)\n	1989\n	David Ackerman, Colin Fisk, Will Moss, Scott Ruggels, Sam Shirley, and Glenn Wildermuth\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-10-2\n
Near Orbit (Cyberpunk 2013)\n	1989\n	Dave Ackerman, Glenn Wildermuth\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-08-0\n
Teenagers from Outer Space: 2nd Edition\n	1989\n	\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-08-0\n
Roadstriker II (Mekton II)\n	1990\n	Clive Hendrik, Derek Quintanar\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-14-5\n
Cyberpunk 2020\n	1990\n	Mike Blum, Colin Fisk, Dave Friedland, Will Moss, Scott Ruggels\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-13-7\n
Night City (Cyberpunk)\n	1991\n	Edward Bolme, Colin Fisk, Mike MacDonald, Will Moss, Lisa Pondsmith, Sam Shirley, John Smith, and Anders Swensen\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-11-0\n
Chromebook (Cyberpunk)\n	1991\n	Colin Fisk, Dave Harmer, Mike Masarati, Derek Quintanar, Mike Rotor, John Smith, Kevin Stein, William Tracy, Karl Wu, Andrew Strassmann, Ben Wright, Jeff Hexter, Glenn Goddard, and Marcus Pregent\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-17-X\n
Home of the Brave (Cyberpunk)\n	1992\n	credited as contributor with main authors being Edward Bolme, Michael MacDonald, Craig Sheeley, and Ross \"Spyke\" Winn\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-36-6\n
Chromebook 2 (Cyberpunk)\n	1992\n	Ben Wright, Mike Roler, Jeff Hexter, Marcus Pregent, Craig Sheeley, Mike MacDonald, Ross Winn, Colin Tipton, and Michael Todd\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-29-3\n
Dream Park Role Playing Game\n	1992\n	\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-27-7\n
Operation: Rimfire (Mekton II)\n	1993\n	additional material with main author being Michael MacDonald\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-37-4\n
CyberGeneration\n	1993\n	David Ackerman, Edward Bolme, Karl Wu\n	\n	ISBN 0-937294-04-7\n
Bastille Day (CyberGeneration)\n	1993\n	David Ackerman, Edward Bolme\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-41-2\n
Star Riders (TFOS2)\n	1993\n	with Hans Gu\u00e9vin\n	\n	ISBN 2-921573-10-5\n
MediaFront (Cyberpunk)\n	1994\n	credited for design with authors being David Ackerman, Edward Bolme, Eric Heisserer, Will Moss, and Justin Schmid\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-52-8\n
Listen Up, You Primitive Screwheads!!!! (Cyberpunk)\n	1994\n	Eric Heisserer, Craig Neeley, Mike Roter, Ross Winn, Charlie Wong, and Benjamin Wright\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-45-5\n
Eco Front (CyberGeneration)\n	1994\n	credited for design with authors being David Ackerman and Edward Bolme\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-50-1\n
Castle Falkenstein\n	1994\n	\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-44-7\n
Neo Tribes (Cyberpunk)\n	1995\n	credited for guidance with authors being Eric Oppen and Ross Winn\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-72-2\n
CyberGeneration Evolve or Die Revolution 2\n	1995\n	David Ackerman, Edward Bolme, and Karl Wu\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-74-9\n
Mekton Z\n	1995\n	Mike MacDonald\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-54-4\n
Mekton Z Plus\n	1995\n	contributor with main authors being Michael MacDonald and Benjamin Wright\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-60-9\n
The Lost Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (Castle Falkenstein)\n	1995\n	Edward Bolme and Mark Schumann\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-68-4\n
Comme Il Faut (Castle Falkenstein)\n	1995\n	Hilary Ayers, Gilbert Milner, Barrie Rosen and Ross \"Spyke\" Winn\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-55-2\n
The Book of Sigils (Castle Falkenstein)\n	1995\n	Edward Bolme, Michael MacDonald, and Mark Schumann\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-61-7\n
Steam Age (Castle Falkenstein)\n	1995\n	David Ackerman, Paul A. Lidberg, Derek Quintanar, Barrie Rosen, Mark Schumann, and Chris Williams\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-56-0\n
Starblade Battalion (Mekton)\n	1996\n	Michael MacDonald, Mark Schumann, and Benjamin Wright\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-78-1\n
Mekton Empire\n	1996\n	credited as source material author and interior artist with author being Guy W. McLimore Jr.\n	\n	ISBN 0-9737271-5-2\n
Mecha Manual 2: Invasion Terra Files (Mekton)\n	1996\n	credited as editor with authors being Craig Sheely and Benjamin Wright\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-69-2\n
Rache Bartmoss' Brainware Blowout\n	1996\n	with David Ackerman-Gray, Edward Bolme, Craig Sheeley, Chris Williams and Benjamin Wright\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-84-6\n
Teenagers from Outer Space 3rd edition\n	1997\n	\n	\n	ISBN 0-932799-94-9\n
The Memoirs of Auberon of Faerie (Castle Falkenstein)\n	1997\n	credited for layout and design with authors being Lisa Pondsmith and Jeff Grubb\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-64-1\n
Champions, New Millennium: Alliances\n	1997\n	\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-88-9\n
Bubblegum Crisis: Before and After\n	1997\n	credited for other writing contributions\n	\n	ISBN 0-937279-92-7\n
The DragonBall Z Adventure Game\n	1999\n	Paul Sudlow\n	\n	ISBN 1-891933-00-0\n
Mekton Zeta\n	2000\n	Mike MacDonald\n	Reprint from 1995 under ANimechaniX brand with new cover and no color interior^[80]\n	ISBN 0-937279-95-1\n
Dragonball Z Book 2: The Frieza Saga\n	2001\n	\n	\n	ISBN 1-891933-04-3\n
Cyberpunk v3.0\n	2005\n	Lisa Pondsmith and Will Moss\n	\n	ISBN 1-891933-03-5\n
Cyberpunk Flashpak\n	2006\n	\n	\n	ISBN 1-891933-19-9\n
Beyond the Edge: Inside the Edgerunner Altcult\n	2008\n	Ken MacKriell\n	\n	ISBN 978-1-891933-22-6\n
Cyberpunk Red\n	2020\n	with James Hutt, Cody Pondsmith, Jay Parker, J Gray, David Ackerman, Jay Kovach\n	\n	ISBN 978-1-950911-06-6\n

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Castle Falkenstein

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Cyberpunk v3.0

Interlock and Fuzion system

R. Talsorian Games

Maximum Mike

Cyberpunk 2077

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