Reiner Knizia

Reiner Knizia

male, 52 years old
PhD, Postspillion, Bretton Woods, BoardGameGeek, Spiel des Jahres, play-by-mail game…OriginsAward
Reiner Knizia is a prolific German-style board game designer. Born in Germany in 1957, he developed his first game at the age of six. He has a PhD...
James Lowder

James Lowder

male, 46 years old
role-playing game, Print editor, fantasy writer, Ravenloft, city of hero, shared universe…OriginsAward
James Lowder (born January 2, 1963) is an American author and editor, working most often within the fantasy, dark fantasy, and horror genres. His...
James Wyatt

James Wyatt

male
Dungeons & Dragons, union theological seminary, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, Religious minister, OriginsAward, City of the Spider Queen
James Wyatt is a game designer and a former United Methodist minister. He works for Wizards of the Coast, where he has designed several...
Bruce Cordell

Bruce Cordell

male, 41 years old
science fiction writer, roleplaying games, OriginsAward, American, Greyhawk author, Dungeons & Dragons author
Bruce Robert Cordell (born 1968) is an American author of roleplaying games and fantasy novels. He is the winner of the Origins Award as well as...

Dennis Detwiller

male
University Village, School Of Visual Arts, Magic The Gathering, Wizards of the Coast, Starbucks, Pagan Publishing…OriginsAward
Dennis Detwiller (born) is a computer game designer for Radical Entertainment as well as a role-playing game developer and artist. He was born in...
John Wick

John Wick

male
Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Role-playing game designer, Orkworld, The Gaming Outpost, Wicked Dead Brewing Company, Pinnacle Entertaiment Group…OriginsAward
John Wick is a 20th and 21st century role-playing game designer best known for his creative contributions to the Alderac Entertainment Group...
Keith Baker

Keith Baker

male
role-playing game, 2004 Origins Award winner, Best Roleplaying Game Supplement, Traditional Card Game of the Year, 2005 Origins Award winner, OriginsAward
Keith Baker is a freelance writer of "Dungeons & Dragons" material and is most well known for his setting, Eberron, which won the Wizards of the...
Dave Arneson

Dave Arneson

male, 62 years old
Dungeons & Dragons, From Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, University of Minnesota, David L. Arneson, OriginsAward, American Christian
David L. Arneson (born September 30, 1947 in Minnesota, United States) is an American game designer. In the early 1970s, he co-created the...
Lynn Willis

Lynn Willis

male
role-playing game, Lords of the Middle Sea, Bloodtree Rebellion, Metagaming Concepts, Basic Role-Playing, H.G. Wells Award…OriginsAward
Lynn Willis is a wargame and role-playing game designer who has done work for Metagaming Concepts, Game Designers' Workshop, and Chaosium. Willis...

Larry Harris

male
new guinea, Axis & Allies, Conquest of the Empire, Broadsides and Boarding Parties, OriginsAward, Solomon Islands
Larry Harris, Jr., is a game designer most famous for creating the board game Axis & Allies, as well as all of its sequels. His other significant...