 A freelancer contacted Siembieda about producing a licensed role-playing game based on the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" comic book.Siembieda obtained the rights, but was dissatisfied with the freelancer's product.Erick Wujcik redesigned the game in five weeks, and it was published in 1985 as "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness".