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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.

Contents

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  • Peter Adkison
  • Aaron Allston - Co-author of the second edition of Ghostbusters (Ghostbusters International)
  • Sandy Antunes
  • Dave Arneson - Creator of Dungeons & Dragons (with Gary Gygax)
  • Chris Avellone
  • Ken St. Andre - Creator of Tunnels & Trolls
  • B

  • Wilf K. Backhaus - Co-author of Chivalry & Sorcery
  • D. Vincent Baker - Dogs in the Vineyard, Apocalypse World, In A Wicked Age, Poison'd, Kill Puppies for Satan, Murderous Ghosts
  • Keith Baker - Eberron
  • Meguey Baker - Writer/Publisher - Creator of 1001 Night, 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 - TĂ©kumel
  • Wolfgang Baur
  • Anders Blixt - has written for Traveller, MERP, Cyberspace, and a multitude of Swedish games
  • Brian Blume
  • R. Sean Borgstrom - Nobilis
  • Brenda Brathwaite - Wizardry series, Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes
  • Mike Breault
  • Bill Bridges - Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Mage: The Awakening, Mage: The Ascension, Fading Suns, Passion Play
  • Terry Brooks
  • 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

  • Casey Hudson
  • Brian Campbell
  • Mike Carr
  • Marcelo Cassaro
  • Frank Chadwick - Designer of Twilight: 2000, Dark Conspiracy, and Space: 1889.
  • Coleman Charlton
  • Bob Charrette
  • Bill Coffin - Systems Failure (1999) for Palladium Books, Septimus (2008) for West End Games.
  • Andy Collins - Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition
  • David Cook
  • Monte Cook
  • Bruce Cordell - Return to the Tomb of Horrors, Expanded Psionics Handbook
  • Greg Costikyan - Toon, Paranoia, Star Wars
  • Croc
  • N. Robin Crossby - Harn
  • D

  • 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
  • Clay Dreslough
  • 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
  • F

  • Pete Fenlon
  • Nigel Findley
  • John M. Ford
  • 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", creator of Dungeons & Dragons (with Dave Arneson)
  • H

  • Neal Hallford
  • Bruce Barrymore Halpenny creator of The Great Train Robbery Board Game
  • David A. Hargrave - Arduin, Star Rovers
  • Jess Hartley - RPG media tie-in novelist, author/co-author of numerous games/supplements for White Wolf Publishing.
  • Andria Hayday, designer and contributing designer of several games related to Dragonlance and AD&D
  • Bruce Heard
  • Rob Heinsoo
  • Steve Henderson - Co-author of RuneQuest
  • Shane Lacy Hensley
  • Keith Herber - author of numerous supplements for Call of Cthulhu
  • Tracy Hickman - Dragonlance
  • Kenneth Hite
  • Gary Holian
  • John Eric Holmes
  • Miranda Horner
  • Conrad Hubbard
  • Paul Hume - Co-Author of Bushido, Aftermath!, Daredevils, Shadowrun
  • J

  • Matt James - Freelance Game Designer for Wizards of the Coast, Open Design/Kobold Quarterly, and owner of Loremaster.org.
  • Steve Jackson (US) - Steve Jackson Games
  • Steve Jackson (UK) - Games Workshop
  • James Jacobs - Former editor-in-chief of Dungeon magazine; current editor-in-chief of Pathfinder for Paizo Publishing R&D
  • 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
  • K

  • Tim Kask
  • Steve Kenson
  • Adam Koebel
  • Jeff Koke
  • Rick Krebs
  • Christopher Kubasik
  • Robert J. Kuntz
  • L

  • Mercedes Lackey
  • Lenard Lakofka
  • Sage LaTorra
  • Robin D. Laws
  • Ken Lightner
  • Ian Livingstone
  • Steve Long
  • James Lowder
  • M

  • Ari Marmell
  • Julia Martin
  • Colin McComb
  • 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 as well as writer
  • Jenna K. Moran
  • Jason Morningstar - Durance, Grey Ranks and Fiasco
  • Graeme Morris
  • N

  • Douglas Niles
  • Clinton R. Nixon
  • David Noonan
  • Kate Novak
  • Mike Nystul
  • O

  • Steffan O'Sullivan
  • P

  • Blaine Pardoe
  • Steve Perrin - Main author of RuneQuest, Basic Role-Playing and Steve Perrin's Quest Rules'
  • Sandy Petersen - main author of Call of Cthulhu and co-author of RuneQuest and Ghostbusters)
  • John R. Phythyon, Jr.
  • Jon Pickens
  • Mike Pohjola
  • Mike Pondsmith
  • Greg Porter
  • Adam Powell
  • 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

  • R.A. Salvatore - Menzoberranzan
  • Carl Sargent
  • Steven Schend
  • Mike Selinker
  • Dean Shomshak
  • 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
  • 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!
  • Owen K.C. Stephens - Star Wars: Starships of the Galaxy, Advanced GameMaster's Guide, d20 Cyberscape
  • Greg Stolze - Author of Usagi Yojimbo RPG, Unknown Armies and Godlike
  • T

  • Adam Tinworth
  • Richard Tucholka
  • Jonathan Tweet
  • John Scott Tynes
  • V

  • Michael J. Varhola - Founder of Skirmisher Publishing LLC
  • Allen Varney
  • W

  • James Wallis - Author of the story-telling game The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1998)
  • James M. Ward
  • Darren Watts
  • Frederick Weining
  • Margaret Weis - TSR's Dragonlance and MWP's Serenity
  • 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
  • Erick Wujcik - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness (1985), After the Bomb (1986), Revised RECON (1986), and Ninjas & Superspies (1987) for Palladium Books; Amber Diceless Role-Playing (1991) for Phage Press.
  • James Wyatt
  • Y

  • Mike Young
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