. A . ▁from ▁Al br ight ▁College ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 1 . ▁His ▁senior ▁th esis ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁bi ograph er / j ournal ist / histor ian , ▁Bur ton ▁J . ▁Hend rick . ▁ ▁Game ▁career ▁Rick ▁Kre bs ▁is ▁the ▁original ▁game ▁designer ▁for ▁T SR , ▁Inc .' s ▁Gang b ust ers , ▁a ▁historical ▁role - play ing ▁game ▁set ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s . ▁ ▁Kre bs ' s ▁professional ▁invol vement ▁in ▁the ▁industry ▁goes ▁back ▁to ▁a ▁fant asy ▁f anz ine ▁Ph anta ▁Cart a , ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁edition ▁Advanced ▁Dun ge ons ▁& ▁Drag ons ▁game , ▁where ▁he ▁contributed ▁to ▁and ▁is ▁cred ited ▁in ▁the ▁Pref ace ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁Advanced ▁Dun ge ons ▁& ▁Drag ons ▁Dun geon ▁Master ' s ▁Guide . ▁He ▁also ▁wrote ▁the ▁articles , ▁" D & D ▁meets ▁the ▁Electron ic ▁Age ", ▁and ▁" Non - player ▁characters ▁Have ▁Fe el ings ▁To o ", ▁for ▁Dragon ▁magazine . ▁ ▁F ounded ▁and ▁operated ▁the ▁original ▁G amer ' s ▁Gu ild ▁game ▁store ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁to ▁ 1 9 8 2 . ▁During ▁this ▁time ▁created ▁the ▁Kre b ik off ▁G amb it ▁for ▁use ▁in ▁the ▁Cos mic ▁Enc ounter ▁board ▁game , ▁designed ▁a ▁simplified ▁rule ▁set ▁for ▁space ▁g aming ▁with ▁mini ature ▁figures , ▁and ▁rules ▁for ▁English