Chris Kutalik
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Chris Kutalik is a California-based, labor journalist, democratic socialist organizer.[1] , and role-playing game author/designer[2] Kutalik has appeared as a commentator on ABC News[3][4] , Democracy Now!, and numerous gaming related podcasts, blogs, and interviews.[5][6][7]
Game Design and Publishing
In the realm of tabletop RPGs, Kutalik is recognized for his contributions to the Old School Renaissance design movement.[8]. He is notable for the creation of a tabletop rpg game mechanic, the "pointcrawl", as well at the author of four books that have sold in the top 0.28% of sales of major online publishing outlet DriveThruRPG [9][10]. Justin Alexander, author of the book "So You Want to Be a Game Master" that devotes a chapter to pointcrawls, credits Kutalik writing "the pointcrawl was first formalized by Chris Kutalik on his Hill Cantons blog in 2014." [11]
Kutalik launched in 2008 the Hill Cantons blog and campaign setting, which has inspired several published works.[12] Notable books that he authored from 2014-2018 include Slumbering Ursine Dunes, Fever-Dreaming Marlinko, Misty Isles of the Eld, and What Ho, Frog Demons. His work has been reviewed in independent, large-audience gaming media outlets such as EN World [13], RPGNet [14] [15], and BoardGameGeek [16] as well as by many gaming related blogs.
Political Activism
He served as the managing editor and director of Labor Notes, a prominent cross-union publication 2000- 2009. Kutalik's union involvement began in Austin, Texas in 1994 , where he was elected as a union officer for the Amalgamated Transit Union.[17] He has also worked as a community director for UNITE HERE, a union representing hotel and hospitality workers in South Texas. While at Labor Notes he wrote chapters in their 2005 book, A Troublemakers Handbook 2[18], on union contract campaigns and other labor tactics.
Beyond union work, Kutalik has been active in progressive political movements. He served as a director of Our Revolution in Texas 2017-2018[19]and the Democratic Socialists of America, where he was the National Communications Director from 2020-2025.
As a journalist, Kutalik contributed to various publications, including the Detroit Free Press, the Detroit News, Z Magazine, CounterPunch, Monthly Review, Against the Current, and Canadian Dimension.
References
- ↑ "How the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Drove a Wedge Into the Democratic Party". The New York Times. February 7, 2024. "According to Chris Kutalik, a communications director for D.S.A., it has added at least 2,400 new dues-paying members since October for a total of about 78,000 members."
- ↑ Chris Kutalik biography on RPG Geek
- ↑ "Union questions auto execs' pay packages". ABC News. October 7, 2009
- ↑ "A socialist is poised to become mayor of a major US city. Is it a movement or a blip?". ABC News. June 24, 2021
- ↑ Master of the Hill Cantons: An Interview with Chris Kutalik. Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque blog.
- ↑ Chris Kutalik interview. Dungeons and Possums blog. February 7, 2019
- ↑ Two Outings to the Hill Cantons: Some thoughts on Marlinko and the Ursine Dunes.
- ↑ "Kutalik, Hydra, and Art. Wizard, Fighter, Thief blog. October 9, 2018".
- ↑ Mithral sales medallion, Slumbering Ursine Dunes. DriveThruRPG.
- ↑ DTRPG Medals/Sales EN World. January 31, 2022
- ↑ "Pointcrawls". The Alexandrian blog. November 12, 2022.
- ↑ Author Page Goodreads
- ↑ Explore The Dream-Like Fantasy Of The Slumbering Ursine Dunes
- ↑ Review of Slumbering Ursine Dunes.
- ↑ Slumbering Ursine Dunes review.
- ↑ Chris Kutalik. Boardgame Geek
- ↑ Radicals at Work. Solidarity pamphlet. June 23, 2008.
- ↑ A Troublemakers Handbook 2. Archived.
- ↑ [9] Can Our Revolution Build a Blue Texas?. The Nation. November 30, 2017
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