Chris Perkins (game designer) explained

Chris Perkins
Birth Name:Christopher Perkins
Birth Date:29 February 1968
Birth Place:Canada
Nationality:American
Other Names:Christopher Zarathustra
Occupation:Game designer
Years Active:1988–present
Known For:Story design for Dungeons & Dragons

Christopher Perkins (born February 29, 1968[1]) is a Canadian American[2] game designer and editor who is known for his work on Wizards of the Coast's Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, currently as the senior story designer.[3]

Career

Under the pen name "Christopher Zarathustra", Perkins got his career start in 1988 writing the adventure "Wards of Witching Ways" for Dungeon magazine #11.[4] He later officially started working for Wizards of the Coast in 1997, beginning as the editor for Dungeon.[5] [6] A few years later, he was promoted to editor-in-chief of Wizards periodicals.[7]

Perkins later became the senior producer for Dungeons & Dragons, leading the team of designers, developers, and editors who make products for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.[8] Perkins was the story manager for Dungeons & Dragons in 2007 before the release of the game's fourth edition.[9] Perkins was working on the Star Wars Saga Edition while Dungeons & Dragons fourth edition was being developed, and ideas were exchanged freely between Perkins and the fourth edition team.[10] He was also on the SCRAMJET team, led by Richard Baker, and including James Wyatt, Matthew Sernett, Ed Stark, Michele Carter, and Stacy Longstreet; this team updated the setting and cosmology of Dungeons & Dragons as the fourth edition was being developed. Perkins was the Lead Story Designer of the Ravenloft fifth edition reboot Curse of Strahd, released in 2016.[11] [12]

Perkins wrote a blog, "The Dungeon Master Experience", on the Wizards of the Coast website for over two years, where he shared tricks and advice about the challenge of "dungeon mastering" a campaign through the lens of his homebrew world, Iomandra.[13] However, in the penultimate posting of March 2013, he announced the following posting would be the last "at least for a while", whereupon the blog became inactive.[14] He was also the longtime Dungeon Master for the Acquisitions Incorporated Dungeons & Dragons games at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX), until PAX Unplugged 2018.[15] [16] [17]

Livestreams

From 2016 to 2019, Perkins was the Dungeon Master in the Twitch livestream Dice, Camera, Action, which was a live play-through of Dungeons & Dragons' latest story lines.[18] [19] He has also guest starred twice on the Dungeons & Dragons-based show, Critical Role.[20]

Personal life

In his free time, Perkins runs a Dungeons & Dragons campaign set in his homebrew world of Iomandra.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Happy Birthday to Dungeon Master Chris Perkins. 29 February 2016. Dungeons & Dragons. 13 March 2019.
  2. Web site: I was born in Canada.... Perkins. Christoper. 4 June 2016. Twitter. 13 March 2019.
  3. Web site: Behind the scenes of the making of Dungeons & Dragons. Brodeur. Nicole. 2018-05-04. The Seattle Times. en-US. 2019-03-14.
  4. Chris Perkins Answers D&D 4E Questions. Baichtal. John. 5 March 2008. Wired. Condé Nast. 13 March 2019.
  5. Web site: Christopher Perkins :: Pen & Paper RPG Database. October 4, 2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071004120743/http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showcreator&creatorid=420. February 2, 2018.
  6. Web site: Chris Perkins. Dungeons & Dragons. 2019-03-14.
  7. Web site: The Magic Touch. 2000. The Seattle Times. https://web.archive.org/web/20140503074211/http://seattletimes.com/pacificnw/1210/cover.html. May 3, 2014. dead. April 19, 2013.
  8. Web site: Christopher Perkins - D&D Creative Manager. 12 September 2009. Dungeons & Dragons. Wizards of the Coast. https://web.archive.org/web/20100814160642/https://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd%2Fbio%2Fchrisperkins%2Fstaff. 14 August 2010. dead. 18 April 2013.
  9. Web site: Dungeons & Dragons: The 4th Edition Interview. Villoria. Gerald. September 10, 2007. GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. https://web.archive.org/web/20081207194823/http://www.gamespy.com/articles/819/819068p1.html. December 7, 2008. April 18, 2013.
  10. Book: Designers & Dragons. Appelcline, Shannon. Mongoose Publishing. 2011. 978-1-907702-58-7. 298.
  11. Web site: Chris Perkins and Tracy Hickman on Curse of Strahd. 21 January 2016. Dungeons & Dragons. 2017-09-22. 2017-09-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20170921105630/http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/chris-perkins-and-tracy-hickman-curse-strahd. dead.
  12. Web site: 'D&D' roleplayers can alter reality with Worldbuilders boons from Critical Role, Patrick Rothfuss. Whalen. Andrew. 2018-12-03. Newsweek. en. 2019-03-14.
  13. Web site: Article Archive. Dungeons & Dragons. Wizards of the Coast. https://web.archive.org/web/20141012040845/http://archive.wizards.com/DnD/Archive.aspx?category=all&subcategory=dmexperience. 2014-10-12. dead. 2015-10-22.
  14. Web site: Until the Next Encounter. Perkins. Chris. 2013-03-14. Dungeons & Dragons. Wizards of the Coast. https://web.archive.org/web/20150218235309/http://archive.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd%2F4dmxp%2F20130314. February 18, 2015. dead. 2015-10-22.
  15. Web site: Acquisitions Inc.. Gabe. 2011-08-01. Penny Arcade. 2015-10-22.
  16. Web site: Chris Perkins Steps Down from Acquisitions Inc.; Jeremy Crawford Named Successor. Haeck. James. 2018-12-03. D&D Beyond. Wizards of the Coast. 2018-12-03.
  17. Web site: Chris Perkins Makes Hilarious Surprise Appearance on 'Critical Role'. Hoffer. Christian. 1 February 2019. WWG. en. 2019-03-14.
  18. Web site: Dice, Camera, Action. 17 February 2016. Dungeons & Dragons. 22 September 2017.
  19. Web site: Dungeons & Dragons on Twitter. 3 December 2019. twitter. 3 December 2019.
  20. Web site: Critical Role: Episode 55 - Umbrasyl. https://web.archive.org/web/20160814180851/http://geekandsundry.com/critical-role-episode-55/. dead. August 14, 2016. 2016-06-06. Geek & Sundry. 2016-06-15.

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