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Dungeons & Dragons game designers
- Tom MoldvayThomas Steven Moldvay was born on the 5th of November 1948 in Ohio. He attended Kent State University during the early 1970s while writing for a science…
- Ed StarkEd Stark is a game designer whose name appears on some of the most recognized titles in tabletop role-playing history. He began at West End Games writing for…
- Harold Johnson (game designer)Harold Johnson was born in Evanston, Illinois, and went on to help shape some of the most enduring products in the history of tabletop gaming.
- F. Wesley SchneiderF. Wesley Schneider's design work earned three separate nominations in the same year. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Game Writing and the…
- Jeremy CrawfordJeremy Crawford has spent much of his career shaping the rules of Dungeons & Dragons. In 2018, The Mary Sue pointed to one consequence of that work.
- Steve Winter (game designer)Steve Winter was born on the 8th of December, 1957, in Dubuque, Iowa, with his heart set on becoming a journalist. He covered murders, presidential campaign…
- Chris Perkins (game designer)Christopher Perkins was born on the 29th of February 1968, which means his birthday falls on the calendar only once every four years.
- David Noonan (game designer)David Noonan joined Wizards of the Coast in 1998, stepping into one of the most ambitious redesigns in the history of tabletop gaming.
- Peter AdkisonPeter D. Adkison grew up playing strategy games and wargames, and in 1978, a friend introduced him to Dungeons and Dragons.
- Mike MearlsMike Mearls helped shape the game that tens of millions of people play today. His name appears in the credits of Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition, the most…
- Gary GygaxGary Gygax grew up close enough to Wrigley Field that he could hear the roar of the crowds from his bedroom window. That detail matters, because it tells you…
- Aaron AllstonAaron Dale Allston was born on the 8th of December 1960 in Corsicana, Texas, and by the time he died on the 27th of February 2014, he had shaped two worlds…
- Dave ArnesonDave Arneson was the co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, and he spent two days watching monster movies, reading Conan books, and doodling on graph paper…
- David Cook (game designer)David Cook was born in East Lansing, Michigan. He grew up on a farm in Iowa where his father worked as both a farmer and a college professor.
- Frank MentzerFrank Mentzer, born Jacob Franklin Mentzer III, stood in the White House gardens in 1972. The National Park Service had hired him to play a concert for…
- James Wyatt (game designer)James Wyatt was writing adventures for Dungeon magazine while serving as the minister of two small United Methodist churches in southeastern Ohio.
- John Eric HolmesJohn Eric Holmes spent his career mapping the human brain, but the worlds that consumed his imagination lay far beneath the earth's surface, in forgotten…