List of role-playing game designers
This is a list of individuals that design role-playing games, including live-action role-playing games but excluding role-playing video games. Artists are listed separately on the annotated List of role-playing game artists. See List of video game industry people and its children for writers of material for video games.
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- Peter Adkison
- Aaron Allston - co-author of the second edition of Ghostbusters (Ghostbusters International)
- Terry Amthor
- Sandy Antunes
- Dave Arneson - co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons (with Gary Gygax)
- Chris Avellone
B
- Wilf K. Backhaus - co-author of Chivalry & Sorcery
- D. Vincent Baker - Dogs in the Vineyard, Apocalypse World
- Keith Baker - Eberron
- Meguey Baker - writer, publisher; creator of 1001 Nights, a game of enticing stories, Psi-Run, Valiant Girls
- Richard Baker
- Cam Banks - Dragonlance, Marvel Heroic Roleplaying, Leverage: The Roleplaying Game
- M. A. R. Barker - Tékumel
- Wolfgang Baur
- Anders Blixt - has written for Traveller, MERP, Cyberspace, and a multitude of Swedish games
- Brian Blume
- R. Sean Borgstrom - Nobilis
- Emily Care Boss
- Brenda Brathwaite - Wizardry series, Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes
- Mike Breault
- Bill Bridges - Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Mage: The Awakening, Mage: The Ascension, Fading Suns, Passion Play
- Anne Brown
- Timothy Brown
- Jennifer Brozek - fiction author, award-winning game design writer, award-winning editor
- Phil Brucato - Mage: The Ascension, Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade, Deliria: Faerie Tales for a New Millennium, Werewolf: The Apocalypse
- Jason Bulmahn - Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
- Rich Burlew
C
- Brian Campbell
- Mike Carr
- Michele Carter
- Marcelo Cassaro
- Frank Chadwick - designer of Twilight: 2000, Dark Conspiracy, and Space: 1889
- Coleman Charlton
- Bob Charrette
- Deborah Teramis Christian
- Bill Coffin - Systems Failure (1999) for Palladium Books, Septimus (2008) for West End Games
- Andy Collins - Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition
- David Cook
- Monte Cook
- Sue Weinlein Cook
- Bruce Cordell - Return to the Tomb of Horrors, Expanded Psionics Handbook
- Greg Costikyan - Toon, Paranoia, Star Wars
- Croc
- N. Robin Crossby - Harn
D
- Liz Danforth
- Richard Dansky
- Graeme Davis
- Julie Ann Dawson
- Jesse Decker
- Tim Dedopulos
- Jeff Dee
- Marcelo Del Debbio - Arkanun, Trevas, RPGQuest (Brazilian author)
- Troy Denning
- Dennis Detwiller
- Joe Dever - Lone Wolf, Greystar, Freeway Warrior
- Michael Dobson
- Darrin Drader
- Ann Dupuis
E
- Ron Edwards - creator of Sorcerer RPG, ELFS, Trollbabe, It Was a Mutual Decision, Spione - Story Now in Cold War Berlin, S/Lay w/me, Shahida: Story Now in Civil War Beirut
G
- Mark Galeotti - Mythic Russia, The Unspoken Word, Issaries, Inc. and Moon Designs
- Richard Garfinkle - Spellcrafter
- Marc Gascoigne
- Lee Gold - author of Lands of Adventure and GURPS Japan
- Joseph Goodman
- Andrew Greenberg
- Daniel Greenberg
- Ed Greenwood - Forgotten Realms
- Jeff Grubb - Forgotten Realms
- Gary Gygax - "the father of the RPG", co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons (with Dave Arneson)
H
- Neal Hallford
- David A. Hargrave - Arduin, Star Rovers
- Jess Hartley - RPG media tie-in novelist, author/co-author of numerous games and supplements for White Wolf Publishing
- Robert Hatch - Aberrant, Exalted
- Andria Hayday, designer and contributing designer of several games related to Dragonlance and AD&D
- Bruce Heard
- Rob Heinsoo - 13th Age
- Steve Henderson - co-author of RuneQuest
- Shane Lacy Hensley
- Keith Herber - author of numerous supplements for Call of Cthulhu
- Tracy Hickman - Dragonlance
- Fred Hicks - Don't Rest Your Head
- Kenneth Hite - Trail of Cthulhu
- John Eric Holmes
- Miranda Horner
- Conrad Hubbard
- Casey Hudson
- Paul Hume - co-author of Bushido, Aftermath!, Daredevils, Shadowrun
J
- Steve Jackson - Steve Jackson Games
- Steve Jackson - Games Workshop
- James Jacobs - former editor-in-chief of Dungeon magazine; current editor-in-chief of Pathfinder for Paizo Publishing R&D
- Matt James - freelance game designer for Wizards of the Coast, Open Design/Kobold Quarterly, and owner of Loremaster.org
- Jennell Jaquays - pioneer of role-playing fanzines and pre-designed role-playing game adventures, with notable later work for Judges Guild, TSR, Inc. and various freelance contributions
- Harold Johnson
- Gunilla Jonsson
K
- Tim Kask
- Steve Kenson
- Adam Koebel
- Jeff Koke
- Rick Krebs
- Heike A. Kubasch
- Christopher Kubasik
- Robert J. Kuntz
L
- Lenard Lakofka
- Robin D. Laws
- Ken Lightner
- Nicole Lindroos
- Ian Livingstone
- Steve Long
- James Lowder
M
- Mark C. MacKinnon
- Jeff Mackintosh
- Ari Marmell
- Julia Martin
- Colin McComb
- Angel Leigh McCoy
- Elizabeth McCoy
- Anne Gray McCready
- Mike Mearls
- Frank Mentzer
- Marc W. Miller - various incarnations of Traveller
- Steve Miller
- Kim Mohan
- Tom Moldvay
- Erik Mona - former editor-in-chief of Dragon and Dungeon magazines; currently publisher of Paizo Publishing
- James A. Moore
- Roger E. Moore - Dragon Magazine editor and writer
- Jenna K. Moran
- Jason Morningstar - Durance, Grey Ranks and Fiasco
- Graeme Morris
P
- Blaine Pardoe
- Steve Perrin - main author of RuneQuest, Basic Role-Playing and Steve Perrin's Quest Rules'
- Michael Petersén
- Sandy Petersen - main author of Call of Cthulhu; co-author of RuneQuest and Ghostbusters
- John R. Phythyon, Jr.
- Jon Pickens
- Mike Pohjola - LARP
- Mike Pondsmith
- Greg Porter
- Chris Pramas
- Anthony Pryor
- David L. Pulver
- Sean Punch
R
- Jean Rabe
- John D. Rateliff
- Mark Rein·Hagen - Vampire: The Masquerade and World of Darkness
- Sean K. Reynolds
- Ken Rolston - co-authored Paranoia, Star Wars and many others
- Aaron S. Rosenberg
- S. John Ross
- Marcus Rowland - creator of Forgotten Futures, Diana: Warrior Princess and The Original Flatland Role Playing Game
S
- Ken St. Andre - creator of Tunnels & Trolls
- R.A. Salvatore - Menzoberranzan
- Carl Sargent
- Steven Schend[1]
- Mike Selinker
- Kevin Siembieda - co-founder and lead designer at Palladium Books; notable credits include The Mechanoid Invasion (1981), Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game (1983), Heroes Unlimited (1984), and Rifts (1990).
- Scott Sigler
- Edward E. Simbalist - co-author of Space Opera and Chivalry & Sorcery
- Bill Slavicsek
- John Snead
- Lucien Soulban
- Michael Stackpole - author of Star Wars and Battletech books
- Greg Stafford - creator of Glorantha, founder of Chaosium, co-author of RuneQuest and HeroQuest, author of the novel King of Sartar and the arthurian RPGs Pendragon and Prince Valiant: The Story-Telling Game
- Stan!
- Lisa J. Steele
- Owen K.C. Stephens - Star Wars: Starships of the Galaxy, Advanced GameMaster's Guide, d20 Cyberscape
- Greg Stolze - author of the first Usagi Yojimbo RPG, Unknown Armies, Reign and Godlike
T
- Rodney Thompson - Star Wars role-playing games, Dungeons & Dragons, d20 Modern, Dusk City Outlaws, Spectaculars
- Richard Tucholka
- Jonathan Tweet - Ars Magica, Over the Edge, Everway, 13th Age
- John Scott Tynes - Delta Green, Puppetland
V
- Monica Valentinelli
- Michael J. Varhola - founder of Skirmisher Publishing LLC
- Allen Varney
W
- James Wallis - The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1998)
- James M. Ward
- Darren Watts
- Frederick Weining
- Margaret Weis - TSR's Dragonlance and MWP's Serenity
- Jean Wells
- David Wesely
- John Wick - game designer of Legend of the Five Rings, 7th Sea, and Orkworld
- Chris Wiese
- Skip Williams
- Walter Jon Williams - Privateers & Gentlemen and Hardwired for Cyberpunk
- Lynn Willis - co-author of RuneQuest, Basic Role-Playing, Stormbringer, Call of Cthulhu and Ghostbusters
- Steve Winter
- Loren Wiseman
- Teeuwynn Woodruff
- Erick Wujcik - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness (1985), After the Bomb (1986), and Ninjas & Superspies (1987) for Palladium Books; Amber Diceless Role-Playing (1991) for Phage Press
- James Wyatt
Y
- Mike Young - LARP
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References
- Kenson, Stephen (August 1999). "Profiles: Steven Schend". Dragon. Renton, Washington: Wizards of the Coast (#262): 112.
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