The product of intense scientific experimentation,
Roger E. Moore was mutated
from the cells of an Idaho potato on July
11, 1955, in a small and highly secretive
laboratory in Winchester, KY. The last of the
Rogar of Mooria series, Roger has proven
himself one of the moore successful
models of an antiquated line. “Clones or no
clones,” says Roger, “originality is the sum
total of a man’s thinking or his writing. I
think Isaac Bashevis Singer said that.”

After spending the early part of his childhood
moving around Kentucky, Roger’s
family eventually settled down outside of
Louisville (mispronounced “LOO a vul”).
During his years at Fern Creek High School,
Roger proved himself a child prodigy and
garnered a mild degree of local fame. “I
was one of the first people to get our U of L
computer linkup to print out Playboy centerfolds,”
claims Roger.

Seeking to explore strange new worlds,
Roger entered the University of Kentucky,
where he majored in Starship Troopers,
StarForce, and other science-fiction games.
Midway through his college career, Roger
changed his major from Astronomy to Psychology,
and married fellow student Georgia
Skowlund. After a mishap in which he
was mistaken for an Abnormal Psych specimen,
Roger graduated from college and
joined the Army to better apply his talents
as a Mental Health Counselor.

“The place I worked at in West Germany
was a combination mental-health clinic/
pizza parlor/ham radio shack and library,”
muses Roger. “It was once a panzer barracks,
too. I was quite bored, so I started
writing articles for DRAGON® Magazine. I
gamed heavily and met some other gamers
who now write or work for magazines.” Following
a number of submissions to
DRAGON Magazine, Roger became a Contributing
Editor. “I had a lot of time to write
at work, mostly when clients were too busy
to show up for appointments. I did articles
on the D&D®, AD&D®, and TRAVELLER®
games —just about anything I could find.”
During his five-year tour of duty at Ft.
Bragg, N.C. and Mannheim, West Germany,
Roger received the Army Commendation
Medal and other awards.

After three years of duty in Mannheim,
Roger returned to the U. of Louisville to
work toward a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology
(a degree most of his present coworkers
feel should have been conferred
purely on the basis of personal experience).
“I wanted to work with the space program
as a human-factors engineer,” says Roger.
“After awhile, I realized that wasn’t what I
wanted, so I called up Kim Mohan and
asked if he needed any help on his staff.”
Thereafter, Roger was hired to the position
of Editorial Spud in the spring of 1983: a
position held in high esteem at TSR, Inc.

“I lerned alot from Pat Price an Kim
Mohan an picked up the majorty of my edditing
skills from them an learnd to pay
more attension to grammer and speling
then I used too pay to,” he says now.

Over the next few years, Roger wrote consistently
for DRAGON Magazine, publishing
a wide variety of articles on almost
every game topic imaginable. (Roger’s
credits are far too voluminous to list in this
brief space). In August of this year, Roger
began editing DUNGEON™ Adventures for
TSR — a bi-monthly periodical which specializes
in D&D and AD&D game modules.
Earlier this month, with the resignation of
Kim Mohan, Roger was promoted to Editorin-
Chief of DRAGON Magazine — a position
he is expected to fill quite easily

Writing, however, is not the only focus of
Roger’s life. “My favorite memory at TSR
was the ELFStrike Watergun Massacre of all
the game designers and editors in 1985,
which I designed and coordinated, but
without a doubt, the favorite event of my
life has been the birth of ‘J-Boy’ — my son,
John Michael, now a feisty 16 months old.”

As a final note to Roger’s successful career,
Bozoid Clones, Inc. has agreed to reinstate
the line it discontinued back in 1955.
Can licensed Roger Moore® dolls, games,
and t-shirts be far behind?