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Matthew Colville is an RPG author and game designer. His works include the Star Trek Roleplaying Game by Decipher and the Star Trek: Red Alert! starship combat game.
Matt was a designer on the original Dune collectable card game and Dune RPG. He wrote several third-party sourcebooks for Dungeons & Dragons third edition, and the Knights of the Dinner Table card game.
Matt has also worked in the video game industry, where he was the lead writer on Evolve and Mercenaries, and a designer on the latter.
Currently, Matt runs MCDM Productions, which produces Dungeons & Dragons sourcebooks. He also produces YouTube videos and Twitch streaming.