Robert Thomson is a co-founder and co-owner of 4 Winds Fantasy Gaming, a Great Falls, MT, USA-based roleplaying game publisher, formed in March 2009. Robert co-owns the company with his wife, Connie Thomson. Robert and Connie, have over 40 years combined experience as gamers in tabletop roleplaying games and use that experience to bring quality new material to the hobby. Connie & Robert have made their home in Great Falls, MT since May 2004. Connie is originally from McClusky, North Dakota and Robert is originally from Etowah, Tennessee.Robert's previous experience in the RPG industry includes co-authoring Western Seeds I and Western Seeds II for Expeditious Retreat Press in 2006. From 2002 to 2003 Robert was an assistant web master for the now-defunct Valar Project. In 2002 Robert was a website editor for legendary RPG artist Larry Elmore.Robert also authored the academic paper, "'This Wicked Family': A Biography of the Deschamps Family of Fort Union - Their Feuds, Fights, and Violent Demise" for the Winter 2004 issue (Vol.54, No.4) of Montana: The Magazine of Western History.