Kim Mohan
| Born | Kim Rudolph Mohan May 4, 1949 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
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| Occupation | Game designer, editor |
| Nationality | United States |
| Period | 1979 - 2013 |
| Genre | Role-playing games |
| Notable works | Dragon magazine, Wilderness Survival Guide |
Kim Rudolph Mohan (born May 4, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American author and editor.
Kim Mohan was born in Chicago, Illinois, and moved to Williams Bay, Wisconsin when he was five. He became an avid science-fiction and fantasy reader and occasional wargamer, and graduated third in his high school class. He attended Beloit College, switching majors between philosophy, mathematics, and other subjects. "I decided that what I really wanted to do was write, so I sort of fell into a job working for the Lake Geneva Regional News as a reporter, and dropped out of college. That lasted for a few months, then I joined the staff of the Beloit Daily News, where I stayed for nine years." During that time, Mohan worked as everything from a sports writer, an editorial writer, the state editor, and the wire service editor. After nine years, he had grown tired of the newspaper business, and became a freelance writer for various newspapers.
In the summer of 1979, Mohan went to the TSR Periodicals headquarters in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and after an interview and some freelance editing assignments as a test, TSR hired him on the spot. He started as part of a three-man staff, and was promoted not too long thereafter to Assistant Editor of Dragon magazine. Mohan was promoted to the Editor-in-Chief position with issue #49 (May 1981). He also performed managerial duties for Strategy & Tactics and Amazing Stories magazine. Mohan also served as the editor and "general handyman" for the original Unearthed Arcana rule book, and he edited Saga of Old City, Gary Gygax's first novel. Mohan authored the rulebook Wilderness Survival Guide (1986).
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